The answer to "should you be trading to beat the market" is unquestionably NO! Just like the old commercial, just say NO! There are many reasons for this but let me give you a few.
If you trade regularly, you are sizing up with the big boys.
As a value investor, I aways get excited when stocks are down. On the opposite side, when stocks are up, I lose my excitement. I feel like "a long tailed cat in a room of rocking chairs."
