If you have a look at Coinmarketcap you will find out that there are thousands of coins and tokens listed over them but do you think there is any potential coin over there that can possibly give your desired profits? But if you funds then go for top altcoins like ETH or BNB because of Binance growth it can give return otherwise there are pump dump coins in which you can make short term profit if invested timely.
it's a matter of how you take the right opportunities to make short-term profits on a regular basis. if you are smart with all that maybe you start to understand about the graphs that will appear or small profits that can become big later.