Buying the Dip at TWSE 40,000? This Is the Real Reason Taiwanese Retail Investors Lose Money
Taiwan stocks have broken 40,000 points. You open your phone, look at your account, and wonder whether to add to the bottom—then a year later you are down NT$300,000. Taiwanese retail investors lose money not because they pick the wrong stocks or lack inside information, but because their understanding of bottom-fishing is fundamentally wrong from the start. This article breaks down 3 underlying rules (using the wrong timing cancels time compounding, Taiwan stock volatility exceeds psychological capacity, and the structural interest alignment of Taiwan's financial institutions), 3 sweat-inducing account scenarios (including a 20-year gap of NT$2.86M), a 4-question decision framework, 4 veto rules, 4 practical action steps, 2 overlooked Taiwan-specific traps (after-tax dividend income yield, and leveraged ETF daily reset decay), and an emergency plan for extreme markets. Core line: in Taiwan stocks, what makes you lose money is never the market, it is your misjudgment of yourself. Action hint: before your next impulse buy, run the 4 questions and check the veto rules.