Hi patentlaweister: Clearly your view of how to "work" the market makes sense to you; it's your "style" and if it's successful for you you should stay with it. I'm not sure that daytrading is a "zero sum game," I simply don't know. What's comfortable for me, what seems to work, is to daytrade. That's my "style." I came to this when on-line trading made commissions almost a non-factor. I also like to be 100% in cash by 4:00. I suspect that like most professions, there are some very good practioners, some very poor practictioners and a whole bunch somewhere in the middle; kinda like a bell-curve.