Secrets to Making Money in the U.S. Stock Market: 1. Don’t touch derivatives, don’t trade options, and don’t mess with leveraged ETFs. 2. Don’t try to catch the bottom. 3. Only go for sector leaders, and only ride the momentum of the leaders during the big third wave on the right side of the trend. 4. Keep your portfolio to fewer than 5 stocks—usually, just put all your money into 1–2 leading stocks. You’ll find that it’s almost impossible to lose money. Trading like this makes losing money nearly impossible. Of course, identifying the leaders and knowing when to enter requires reading tons of research reports and gaining market intuition through trial and error.