Day trading is like some who needed a instant profit, and what someone who ventures into day trading does is to make a quick profit and go out from the market, why long-term trading is determined by the future you in a particular coin you want to invest, most of the people that venture into day trading always have the vision of making small profits why people who invest for long-term kind of investment is expecting a large profits, this two trading methods you mentioned you most have objectives that's you to choose one, but newbie doesn't know why they chose a day trading or neither long-term trading
Someone thinks they want to get quick profits, even though it is small but if it is achieved consistently then it will also grow bigger, but people forget that it does not always work, because in trading there can be profits and losses. Indeed, quick profits will be more tempting, because profits can be enjoyed at the same time, but the problem is that it is not easy.
Consistency in getting profits is the key, but back to the beginning because it is not easy then it will make people frustrated. Some people ignore the risk, they focus too much on the profit which ultimately makes many people fail in trading.
Of course, however and whenever trading will always be about two things, namely profit or loss, simply put you can profit in any amount but you are also very likely to experience losses in any amount. Getting profit quickly is indeed possible but it also depends on how skilled a trader is in taking advantage of every situation that occurs in the market, and on the other hand it is useless if you often succeed in making a profit in a short time but on the other hand you do not have a good way to minimize the possibility of excessive losses.
So there are two important things to consider especially for a new trader, the first is learning how to make a profit, it doesn't need to be fast and it doesn't need to be in large amounts, the point is that it looks realistic and in accordance with the amount of capital you have in the sense that if you have small capital then try to only seek small profits by trading using small amounts, because the most important thing is to be consistent, and the second is to learn various things that lead to risk management such as controlling emotions and also being responsible for all decisions you have made especially when you experience losses.
Getting profit in trading will not be too difficult if you want to learn.