Many swing traders emerged from day trading. I switched because I simply make a lot more $ as a swing although I put on a pure day trade every so often when the setup is right. A good swing trader has to be a good day trader to even get a trade off the ground since most of us don't take losers overnight. Us swing traders of futures & Fx are handling multiple positions (domestic & foreign) traded around the clock - often with a lot more capital to manage (many day traders lack the capital for going overnight). A seasoned winning trader of any discipline (DOM/arb/spread/options/trend/day/etc) has to have a great mental game. Most of your market wizards are swing traders - and they wrote the book on the mental game.