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Still having success? If not, try a market that actually shows volatility. The ES is most likely one of the worst markets to day trade since it hardly moves.
Just my opinion of course, but I disagree.
The ES can move nicely, especially during the US session.
I for one day-traded oil (CL)...and after a while I realized that the high volatility apparently sometimes scared me (for the lack of a better word) to an extent that I often prematurely fiddled with my stop loss (moving it to break even +1 too soon, resulting in often being taken out of the trade there, prior to a move in the anticipated direction). So, that's why I switched to the ES.
And there are plenty of traders who even day-trade treasuries (and I think we all agree that watching those sometimes feels like watching paint dry), John Grady being a well-known example; and I also have a trading friend who is very successfully day-trading treasuries now (after he got sick of getting stopped out by price spikes too often when he still traded CL).
So, I think it is a matter of each one's personality.
And of course it also depends on the trading approach; someone who scalps for a few ticks on each trade, only, couldn't care less whether the product he/she trades makes bigger moves or not.
I find for intraday trades the 1 min and VWAP works best for me after I have established my long bias or short bias for the session based on the daily and hourly chart
