There's no dearth of experts on how to trade and invest in the stock market in a situation, where the stock market is trading at all time highs. These days it is very common to find websites and infomercials which are promising four and five figure trades through an easy-to-learn system. However one need not spend a dime to make it big in the stock market.

Usually, every bull run has its winning sectors and every sector has high performers in a stock market. These big money stocks can outperform not only their peer stocks in their own sector and stocks in other sectors, but also the market as a whole. Hence, in order to catch big trends in the market, the surest way is to take a position in these high performers at the appropriate time, that is before they make a bull run to the upside.

If the price of oil is rising steadily, certain oil sector stocks are likely to become momentum stocks while others perform in line with the sector. A few will underperform the sector. Finding the few that outperform in a hot sector requires careful planning, patience and a bit of luck. In the end these big winners become the momentum stocks that fund managers and investors all want to own.

It takes time of at least several months to aggregate profit on big money stocks, so you need to be patient. There are active traders that prefer to keep core position and trade with their remaining funds, both purchasing and short selling, but true investors will wait for an opportunity to buy and then ride their position for a planned period, either to meet a price or a schedule target - unless an opportunity of higher profits appears elsewhere sooner. Of course not all choices will be right, so it is important to be nimble enough to liquidate the losers.

Timing is key as it is often the sole factor that makes the difference between a profit and loss in the short term. Furthermore, it can even help you get a profit on a worse pick. Of course luck also is a large component of success with any stock, sector, or the market, but big money stocks will go up because buyers will continue to bid up shares for many weeks and months. Then you can make best use of timing by buying or buying even more during price dips, which can ensure you higher margin of comfort and profitability in the long run.

Big money stocks exist in bull and bear markets, but are easiest to find when times are good. In the present bull market, one needs only to read the paper or watch the news to find out which sectors are hot and which may become hot in the future.