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90% of retail investors lose money during stock crashes because they fall into five fatal traps. This article exposes the five things the ultra-wealthy never do: panic-selling, stopping dollar-cost averaging, trying to catch the exact bottom, using leverage, and abandoning their strategy. Master the contrarian mindset and turn every crash into your ticket to wealth.
The market is limit-down, your phone screen is full of red, and your first reaction is to sell and run — but have you considered that at the very same second, the truly wealthy are doing the exact opposite? Retail investors fear crashes, the wealthy wait for them. The gap is not capital, not information, it is mindset. This article breaks down the five things the wealthy do in a crash: hold cash, buy core assets, execute rebalancing, understand cycles, and use the crash for tax and cost optimization. You also get four iron rules, a four-step action plan, and a contingency plan for extreme drawdowns. TWSE data confirms: during major corrections, retail investors' net selling ratio is far higher than institutions' — they sell into the dip, then chase the rally. SITCA also shows institutional cash positions at market highs are typically more than double those of retail.