When the next recession comes - will you be ready? Recession is inevitable. It is not a matter of if, but when. Statistically, U.S recessions typically occur at the end of an 8 year presidency or at the beginning of an 8 year presidency. It is very likely the next recession will come before Obama leaves office or within the first year of Hillary or Trumps term. How to profit from it? The best way to profit from recession is to short the major indexes with leverage or with options. I believe the time to do this before the first quarter of 2017. I will be using the 3x leveraged ETN (SQQQ) to short the market. SQQQ goes up 3x as much as the Nasdaq goes down - in a real recession scenario this could result in gains over 100X.