As the saying goes, "Day trading is like picking up pennies in front of a steam roller." It's emotionally taxing, mentally taxing, monetarily taxing, and well... taxing. Swing trading is great too. I love holding a trade for months, but in the US, it just isn't worth it for me to pay an extra 7% in taxes just to be in cash, at least not for my entire portfolio. How do you typically structure?