Daily or Weekly wold be preferred
This is pertaining to equities since I dont trade others
For daily returns you can do intraday. You can do intraday securities , options and futures.
Advantages
Very low margins required and you get good leverage. You can trade more than the money you have.
Disadvantages
It isnt as easy. Everyone wants to make money without putting a lot of money
For weekly again you can buy and hold for one week equities , options and futures.
Advantages
You get a little more time to judge.
Disadvantages
You need to put entire margin money for derivatives. for equities entire money.
As a beginer I would advise you to paper trade for some days till you understand. If you want to try few orders than you can put 0.75-1% of your for trials for one month and put rest 99% in fixed deposit. In that case even if it is wiped out by month end FD gives you back 0.75%.