exactly man - you can be the best chart technician in the word, and a shitty trader because of your mentality, lack of trade disciple and emotions, and poor money management.  You can also be a weak technician but a very good trader because you have all the mental stuff nailed down and great money management - in fact Steve and I both know a guy who is a really good trader at what he does (he found a little niche) and just focuses on that, but as a technician he pretty much sucks.  The best of course is to be well rounded and know both the technicals and have the money management and mentality nailed.  Too many guys when first starting out only focus on the technicals thinking that if they completely master the charts they will have it down - but the other side is just as important, well in reality even more so.