Many people don't realize that the real tool that changes fortunes in the US stock market isn't individual stocks, but leveraged ETFs.

If your market direction judgment is correct and the market moves in your favor, a single cycle can yield returns of 10x, 20x, or even 30x.
For example, in the past two years: during the AI boom, ordinary tech stocks increased by 2-3 times, while leveraged ETFs like SOXL saw gains of over 10 times, CONL over 20 times, and MUU over 30 times.
Why is this happening?
Because the essence of leveraged ETFs is to amplify trends. When the market rises, they magnify gains; the longer the trend persists, the more astonishing the compound effect becomes.
But many people only see the gains and overlook the other side.
Leveraged ETFs are not long-term investment tools; they are trend tools. In choppy markets, they will continuously erode value; if you get the direction wrong, the drawdowns will also be amplified.
So, the real key is not leverage itself, but the ability to judge the trend. The problem for ordinary investors isn't that they can't make big money, but that they hesitate to increase their positions during a big trend, and when the trend ends, they hold heavy positions without adjusting.
In the US stock market, true wealth opportunities often come from two conditions: big trend + leverage.
But there's only one prerequisite: have you truly understood the cycle?