Day Trading : I have been day trading for years and I can make good living. In day trading, no matter how good the stock is, it only has few hours of time to move up even I am right. The potential profit is limited.
Swing Trading: Finding a strong uptrend momentum stock in a bull market can make you rich, very rich. With the right stock, I can let it runs for weeks or months to hit 100% to 1000% profit. The potential profit is huge if I am right.
But we have a Bear market in 2008 and we must wait for Bull market for long Swing.
I have been day trading and teaching using breakout patterns. I do not rely on the fundamental analysis and I do not spend time to do any home work the night before. In Day trading, I spend the first trading hour to search for momentum breakout stocks with higher volume to trade based on my trading patterns.