There was an interesting point brought up during one of my group investment discussions:

If a crypto trader had earned millions back in early 2021, did he/she ever thought of exiting the volatile positions and put them in a, say, dividend portfolio to earn cashflow?

Putting the crypto context aside, this could mean other scenarios, too, like:

I had a 2,000% gain on Nvidia over the past five years, and now I want to exit and invest in a portfolio to preserve it. How to go about it?

From my anecdotal observations and readings, the above two italicized situations are very far and few between. The reason is simple: with their given risk appetite and methodology, investors/traders would stick to what they are familiar and comfortable with. A switch to investing for safety, like cashflow (e.g., dividend investing) for a trader is like a total shift of