Looking at the crypto ecosystem, short term investment is not the best way to make passive income. Long term investment in the form of liquid staking is one of the best way to make passive income. With liquid staking, your crypto asset generate the passive income via percentage yield while your crypto asset remain untouched. You should consider long term rather than short term.
Staking will be profitable in the long run if the value of your assets is also stable or increasing. but if the value goes down, you will also get a loss even though the quantity of your assets increases.
momentum in buying assets before long-term investment or asset staking will be very influential. because in long-term planning we certainly make plans for profit. but future market conditions we do not know. will it be better than it is now or even worse?
short-term trading or investing is not a bad thing. Many of those who know well about futures trading make a profit every day.