of course i agree with you long term trading is very hard and i say that we work in market with market current situation and we make our good technical and fundamental analysis in market and we make good trading experience in market and we make good knowledge in market and we when trader work in market with clear market direction then he/she make good earning easily with forex market
my friend i also do long term trading but some times doing scalping. i use 5ema,100ema in 4hr chart. its give me very good profits. if you want you can use it. hope its help you to make good pips from forex. best of luck.