Yes, the masternode trend is now over --- now many people are more into validators, maybe it's not much different from that and I don't think it will be profitable anymore, but it's up to the OP how confident he is in the future to $1000.
For early profits, you have to find a good project, because now after the listing the price has plummeted because the dominance of altcoins is less even though the project is working hard in its development.
Alts didn't have their rally yet, in my opinion, so, yeah, - and it's especially more relevant that the project is already afloat so much that to be in little profit, years are needed.
When you are the first, you risk the most, but you also gain the most
