I don't think analytical techniques are the best strategy for dealing with the market. We know that if the market is very volatile, this is what makes the analysis not fully run smoothly, because it could be when you have found a strategy but suddenly the market moves not according to the analysis you get. Cases like this often happen even. But you can do analysis techniques just in case.
Not a perfect one but you can use it as basis, there are many factors that affects the market, high volatility comes with whales is really hard to predict, there's no TA when whales move inside and influenced the entire market movement, we all aware that those people are well knowledgeable in terms of making money from this venue of investment, be very careful with how you deal and interpret the market, it will help you a lot if you try not just to use one but every possible tools to anticipate the market.
Well, as you say, I see the technical analysis only as a prediction tool, but only when I have already done a fundamental analysis according to the temporality, that is, if it is to days, weeks and months, that way I can determine some type trend or what can happen when looking at the trading volume.
After that I have already defined what can happen is when I do the technical analysis, this is how I analyze the market using technical analysis. For me, technical analysis does not have the full scope of the market, I am not one of those who believe that technical analysis is everything, where I do believe it is when an analysis is made for scalping.