I really have at least three different styles, daytrading, swing trading and longterm holdings, each have their own disciplines. Sometimes I have been known to play catching falling knives, a dangerous game, call it a fourth style (today it yielded a very nice 17% on one stock (blood) in less than an hour. But it also led me to buy HEPH, which for now is under water and may require "surgical removing" if it does not join the "party" here soon. (g).