If those patterns existed and were detectable, the moment people started trading on those patterns (or wrote bots to do so), the pattern would disappear.
This is one of the services the market provides. It creates uniform price conditions across time and space. If there is a discrepancy that doesn't make sense (like a recurring profitable pattern in stock prices), you can make money by fixing it.
"Trading numbers", as you call it, is (through a layer or two of indirection) helping to establish true prices, transmit market information, provide liquidity, etc. All of these things are critical for "real business" to operate efficiently in a large economy. The abstract markets create huge value for "real business" and its users charge a small percentage of the value created.
This is one of the services the market provides. It creates uniform price conditions across time and space. If there is a discrepancy that doesn't make sense (like a recurring profitable pattern in stock prices), you can make money by fixing it.
"Trading numbers", as you call it, is (through a layer or two of indirection) helping to establish true prices, transmit market information, provide liquidity, etc. All of these things are critical for "real business" to operate efficiently in a large economy. The abstract markets create huge value for "real business" and its users charge a small percentage of the value created.