Trader Tips | Use Technical Analysis to Take Advantage and Profit

I had an interesting back-and-forth with someone on Facebook and while I'm still not quite sure "what" their intent was, it did bring up a great talking point in regards to what "actually" is the cause of money being made in the markets. Is it "because a move happened", or is it because you had the tools and a strategy available to "take advantage" of the move. Let's discuss.