It's near impossible to make money without range expansion. We are currently bumping up on a 5 year high on the S&P 500 futures market which will take some time to get a higher high to expand the range. As difficult a task it is to go up, going down is equally difficult making shorts just as challenging as longs. I believe swing trading is far better than daytrading but it may be the only option for the current market condition in the short term. However, my recommendation is to stay flat until we get something to trade.