What's Easier - Swing Trading or Day Trading?
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Typical comments by someone knowing very little about daytrading.
A profitable trader has a characteristic that won't make conclusion on something he is not certain.
I didn't see this characteristic in your post.
Typical response of a wind-chaser who probably isn't a consistently profitable day-trader.
You can not deny the facts:
1. You know very little about daytrading.
If you think else, then I would like to ask you a few questions that only daytraders know the answers.
2.You don't have that characteristic that winning traders have. Your posts show it.
You don't even understand why that characteristic matters because you have not reached that level.
If you think else, then tell me why that characteristic matters?
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I'm interested in what the questions are
It all comes down to edge. Where can you find it? I bet @Blaze is confusing bull market with skill/edge. Another thing to remember is there are more opportunities in trading intra-day, so it’s more of “income trading.” Swing and Position trading is more of “wealth” trading/investing. If you don’t need to derive income from trading, then you are probably better off swing/position trading, imho.
BTW, when I started, I had exactly same opinion about day trading as @Blaze which is very common. It is all part of the journey.
Regardless of your time frames, you should be buying support, selling resistance, and chasing breakouts (IOW, KISS, baby!). If you get good at doing that, then they're equally difficult.
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Depends on the strategy. There are certain types of trading opportunities that present themselves within the day, though most do not. Based off what I've seen on ET, most are trading noise, whether they are day or swing traders.
I think it's more useful to tie the style to the catalyst. Are you trading mean reversion? Are you providing liquidity? Is there an anomaly you are harvesting? Charts and patterns are ill suited to analyze those opportunities, especially if the chart is just price lol.
I think it's more useful to tie the style to the catalyst. Are you trading mean reversion? Are you providing liquidity? Is there an anomaly you are harvesting? Charts and patterns are ill suited to analyze those opportunities, especially if the chart is just price lol.
All this searching for the "easy" is a tell tale of a mindset.
Perhaps choose what is harder for you, and then put in your time. Then the "easier" one for you will be a piece of cake.
The most successful people I know, choose the hardest, world class problems to work on. They don't go around choosing easy stuff.