I bet during earnings season, we get one opening gap up after another. Then we trade sideways all day, rinse and repeat, over and out.
I love consecutive +0.5-1% gap ups, and then 7.5 hours of minimal range, every day, day in day out. Perfect environment for being a pig!
Sorry to dissapoint but that's chump change for my trading style. In good daytrading markets I'm making $20-50K a day. Nowadays I practically don't even bother with this BS.
It has nothing to do with big fish/little fish. The fact is I can't make any money daytrading this market with my style/strategies. So I pretty much sit on the sidelines these days since I also don't wan't to hold overnights. I think it's great that you're actually able to make some dough here. I need more volatility than what's available at the moment.