Nobody asserts you have got to only use one method. You can trade in both, short and long-term. What that does is allow you to get fast profits in short term, but also be profit-making in the long term. It is important to balance those systems out. Because the short term method is much riskier, you have got to take that into account. You should mange the danger so that the short term losses don’t wipe out your long term profits. Consider the long run method as your main method and work out how much you can afford to lose in short term.