I swing, I don’t do futures. I don't enjoy being bound to contract expirations or premiums. Day trading is bad, futures options is degenerate. Imagine seeing your money drop and not being able to pull it out.
I literally wake up at 8 AM, watch the open, buy the dip and then let it ride until I make between 5 and 10%. If I don’t hit that at least once before 10 AM I know I need to pull it out and wait longer. Put it in every day and shake it about until you find a strong baseline support level. Timing the market isn’t hard when it does the same thing every day of this week.
If you’ve noticed literally nobody holds past closing. If they bought within the week they all sell off near/after close, and if they’ve sat on it a few months they’ll cash out at the local top of the day if they haven’t already. There’s dumb money depleting and then there’s smart money accepting the volatility and choosing not to go sideways all da