This discussion keeps coming up on ET. To those of us who trade for a living, the question is silly. The answer is….daytrading is difficult. There are many endeavors which are more difficult, becoming an astronaut is more difficult, transplanting a kidney is more difficult, making the Olympics is more difficult as is becoming fluent in 6 languages, playing Paganini flawlessly by sight reading, becoming a Grand Master in a martial art etc etc.
People who aspire to these kinds of things…