Your intuition will always perform much better than any tool or technical analysis can do so.
I think this is awful advice. The problem with intuition is that it gets mixed with emotion.
Understand why things are moving instead of just that they are moving and you'll go much further.
This, on the other hand, is excellent advice. Whether it be news about the currency, an awareness of whale-moves, or whatever, underlying reasoning is the best indicator there is.
@OP - I am at about the same point as you at the moment, but I am trying to not just learn the basic TA stuff, I'm also trying to monitor news and announcements. This is not easy, and my success has so far been limited