You want to day trade aggressive when times are easy and you can pick winners easily.
You want to pull back from day trading small stocks long when times are tough like now.
If you don't. You will lose $.
Conversation
When you use the term “long” are you talking a duration of time or just that you aren’t shorting the play
What do you tend to play in the interim? Do you scalp large caps at all? Or literally sit on your hands and not trade. Do you sell any portion of swings knowing the tendency of the market?