Stat arb is not what is commonly known as technical analysis. They are distinct.
No. Technical analysis is forecasting prices based on past data. Stat arb is a particular form of technical analysis, based mainly on looking for mean reversion in sets of securities.
Any strategy lies somewhere on the continuum of strategies ranging from purely technical (looking at past prices only) to purely fundamental (looking at fundamental data only).
No. Technical analysis is forecasting prices based on past data. Stat arb is a particular form of technical analysis, based mainly on looking for mean reversion in sets of securities.
Strictly speaking, statarb \subset technical analysis.