I am only looking at market 1 week at a time.
Using ATR (weekly price range) I have developed in-the-money(itm) weekly cover-call strategy. Low risk, Low reward.
Write itm CC on ES, RTY, NQ, to generate 1%+ per week using 40% cash margin. So, I don't worry about market direction. More volatility better for my strategy, as premium gets high.
Started in Nov 2020 and has worked, so far. Makes Tax filing easy too.