Can't really say I'm an active trader myself because I just do it whenever I want, it could be once every month or once every bi-weekly depends on my emotion and mood so I can do better when I decide to do trading on that day. I also have a side job with web programming stuff besides of doing trading, it's not a full-time job but still having 2 important stuff to care is really time-consuming and use your brain capacity to maintain.

Pretty sure if you have full-time job and don't have time to check everything 24/7 then your best bet would be long-term investment, DCA, or any similar kind of strategy for more comfortable.