Do you have time to watch the market? If you want to go with aggressive growth, and $500K you are willing to risk, then options trading. Put $20K per trade and it should double in a year.
Main items we focus on are price-action and price-volume. In essence, for every minute the price goes up, what's the volume? For every penny the stock goes up, what's the volume? For every 100,000 shares what's the change in price?200k? 300k? 1m? and so on. Also, weighted factors for all the different indicators, MA/SMA/CCI/RSI/VWAP being of most pertinence. Pitch fork trends weighted at a lower level. Also several other proprietary indicators based on stock correlation (i.e. BABA vs AMZN, if AMZN is moving down, BABA should as well because of what it relies on). Sentiment Analysis to look for bad news.
[BB] The PLAN is to enter the Jun 21 $10.00 Calls if BB crosses above 10.50 if you like
[HD] The PLAN is to enter the Apr 18 $190.00 Calls if HD crosses above 193.00 if you like
[AAPL] The PLAN is to enter the Apr 18 $192.50 Calls if AAPL crosses above 193.00 if you like
BB never met the entry point.
HD did 150%.
AAPL is up 60%.