You mentioned several times that you do short term trades. Would you mind explaining your strategy? I also do a combination of short term trades and AIM. I tend to do most of my short term trading when the market is trading "sideways." Now is a great example. Up some days, down some days but no significant movement in either direction. The problem with AIM in this kind of environment is that sometimes it just sits there. There is not enough movement for a buy or sell.
I have done quite well using this combination. AIM is great because you can't always tell when the market will move and short trades are great in the mean time. What do you do?