Yes, long term 7% is the quoted number, however that can be over a couple of decades (maybe more) and you may need to endure a recession or two.

With a bit of active management, I manage to achieve 6-8% each year, but I avoid large negative hits that an index fund might endure in a bad market.

So, I'm sort of returning similar returns to market, but with less volatility in the bad times. I'm sorta happy with that.

5k to 5.3k is a 6% increase. It seems like day trading should be just about the riskiest/hardest way to get 6% a year.

The S&P 500 returns about 10%/year since its inception. (7% if you adjust for inflation.)