All you have to do to make tons of money is buy UPRO (s&p 500 leveraged 3x) and sell it when the economy is at high risk of recession. If you chart it out historically since 60 years back it would make a fortune.
All you have to do to make tons of money is buy whatever stock that will rise by the most next week, and short sell stock that will tank the most next week.
How to find out which stock will rise or tank next week is left as an exercise for the reader.