MBP Retina trackpad randomly moving and lost control

Hi My MBPR trackpad is out of control. It is randomly moving - launching whatever and there is very limited control over it.
I disabled the external trackpad to no avail. Eventually I was able to get it to move to bluetooth launch.
Can someone help as the Apple care people dont work sundays
Thanks

Finally got it fixed. Make sure you guys call Apple Support. The first tier tech support is not able to help you because they have not been trained for that You will have to speak to a senior advisor. There will be a lot of deleting of caches involved while in safe mode. After did all that my trackpad and keyboard is working again. Hope you'll get yours working too!

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