It does not matter you trade for short term or on long term basis, it matters if you really make some decent $$$ at the end of the day. Short term trading is risky but more profitable, long term needs more patience but over success ratio is better. So the point here is if you really want to succeed stick to your plan.
Example: you do short term trading and make 28 pips per week or you do long term and make 228 pips per month, the amount you will get is the multiple of your earned pips and your trading lot size.