I day trade futures a few times a week. Rest goes into my Roth IRA or brokerage account as long term stock holdings.

It's honestly too much work for me to do anything else and the market is too volatile right now

> I day trade futures a few times a week.

How profitable are you doing that?

Enough to dedicate an 60-90mins of my day to scalping one or two trades and then go about my day as usual. I have a consistent strategy I backtested and follow. I don't see a trade that meets my criteria, then I close my broker. Most people that day trade don't do that and that's why they lose money.

I've been trading for a while and don't suggest to others to trade futures[0]. It's essentially highly leveraged stock, but less risk than options.

[0] https://www.investopedia.com/terms/w/widow-maker.asp