I thought what the OP means about the "type of trader" is that Day trader, scalper, swing trader, or etc. Well, I believe that I'm a second type of trader and I believe that most traders are second type. The trend is our friend, if we can't see a clear direction of the price we should avoid to trade because it will only give you low probability trades. Professional traders are mostly earning in trending markets. However, no matter what type of trader we are, the most important here is the profit, if we are profitable with it go with it.