Pattern recognition alone is insufficient. Context of market structure, liquidity, and dealing range creates confluence.

It's very easy as a human to be a pattern recognition machine. This looks like this. Therefore, the result is going to be the same, but ultimately what's most important here is not just looking at these patterns on their own in a vacuum. Look at these patterns in the context of market structure. Liquidity, where are we within the dealing range? Are we in a premium or discount? What was the trend leading into this? Where is the next most likely draw on liquidity? And all of a sudden, whether or not this wedge is going to break up and down, whether or not this inverted head and shoulders or regular head and shoulders is going to work will become that much more apparent because you have all of that wonderful confluence.