When I think of "trading plan", I think of the definition you give for "method", so this is just semantics. More to the point, no trading rules are bulletproof. If they were, you'd never have a losing trade. IOW you'd have the Holy Grail. There is no Holy Grail. You don't need a holy grail in order to have a permanent edge. The fact that most edges are/seem to be transitory doesn't mean they all are. The best example is the simplest edge: a bull market. Everybody who bets with the trend during a bull is a winner, hence the old saying "A bull market makes geniuses of us all". But of course bull markets are transitory and eventually the buy&hold crowd gets mauled when the bear or Choppy the shark appears. But a smarter edge, one based on market conditions, would at least mitigate loses during adverse conditions while taking best advantage of favorable conditions. There are permanent edges. They are not easy to find but well worth the hunt. Good luck.
I believe policemen, firemen, soldiers, longshoremen and many others would disagree with your statement. Kind of silly hyperbole. Anything is dangerous if you do not know what you are doing....
If you are uneducated=you are dangerous to yourself and family if they rely on you to be head of household. Trading is not just in of itself, it is also how you react to making or losing money, if it becomes an addiction to you. There are so many more problems to day trading than long term trading, but those who know how reap huge rewards from those who don't have their life in order, thank God for that. Oh yes, I am a scalper, but the real money is in Commodity Spreading and stock/ETF options, always had been and most likely always will be.
This is based on Newbies giving it a go, market moving against them, doubling up, then again then again, then hey presto account is GONE. We have ALL been there and very likely shall be again. Give it some time, stop doing above then Day Trading is WAYYYY safer than holding over night and over the weekend with gaps and exposing yourself to news constantly.
It was my viewpoint on the risks and dangers of day trading. Perhaps you were looking for the answers to a different question. here is an answer to a different question: My viewpoint is that people starting out without much money, no connections, etc. would be much better off attempting to bootstrap their account up to comfortable seven figures after tax vs. attempting to trade a smaller account for a living. To do this one typically needs to be able to hold down a job at the same time, so swing-type strategies are the most viable. Once u do that u have breathing room to do whatever u want in life, be it expanding a trading biz, or whatever. If that seems unlikely IMO it is far more likely than earning a good living on a small account for many years.
I already know where you stand on the matter. You were fairly clear. And that's fine. I was only hoping for an elaboration of the specific points I raised in my initial post to you.
There were essentially only 3 questions I asked regarding your aversion to intraday trading. I didn't think they were particularly complex, but here they are again in slightly abbreviated form taken from my first post:
There are not essentially 3 questions, there is a question created each time you use a question mark. Also, you imbed assumptions about my viewpoint into your questions for no reason. In trading things with no purpose are not neutral, they are harmful. If you want good answers, first remove the assumptions, and then make your questions as precise as possible. What specifically are you asking, what do you want to know. I am not being a dick - the issue is, you can't get good answers without first asking good questions - and the themes of your questions are actually very complex, the answer depending upon many variables.