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With the stock market at all time highs, there's no shortage of experts on how to trade and invest in the stocks. Websites and infomercials promising four and five figure trades through an easy-to-learn system are all too common these days. But one need not spend money to make it in the stock market.

Every bull market has its winning sectors and every sector has its high performers. These big money stocks tend to outperform not only their peer stocks and stocks in other sectors, but the market as a whole. Taking a position in these high performers at the right time - before they make a large move to the upside - is one of the surest ways to catch big trends in the market.

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.

A certain degree of patience is essential to make profit from big money stocks, as it takes long time, often several months at least. Some active traders would like to hold onto their core portfolio and trade with their remaining funds through quick buys and short sells. However true investors prefer to wait for the right opportunity to enter and then hold onto their position for a planned time, until it reaches a target price or until their funds are used somewhere else in a better way. In all this, it is important to know that all the picks will not be winners and so being quick enough to liquidate the losers is also very crucial.

The key thing in making profits in the stock markets is timing. This decides whether one makes a profit or goes into the red. Even worthless shares can give one a profit provided one knows when to pick and when to sell. However, big money stocks, which are known as blue chip in stock market parlance, are evergreen and give good returns to the holder. They are always good in the long run and the holder can have a level of comfort that his capital is secure.

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. Then finding which stocks in these sectors are poised to get the most attention takes a little homework, patience and luck.