Day trading is for trader who can't wait or don't have patience, and I'm do a day trading, about the profit long term trading can give your more profit but you should research first about the altcoin you want to trade if you choose a wrong altcoin not a profit you get but a big loss.
Hahah your right technically when i learn how to trade now or i understand what trading it is. I start using day trader stragety but moslty of it i'm buying coins that have potentially can grow not like many shitcoins here, well i have big capital so i can earn moslty 0.05
BTC - 0.1
BTC a day if there's a coin that pumps and dumps (PND).
Now i hold many coins that have potential to grow like XEM (NEM) that top 8 listed coin laat month ago but now as what you see it came up to top 6.... Wow!
Wow 0.05-0.1 Bitcoin/day approx 3 Bitcoin/a month from trading is a good income for you, and like you said need a big capital to get big profit, for now I'm still learn how to get fix income from trading, day trading still my choosen.