There is no way out for escape loss while trading, its hard to say that you can surely be able to profit from any altcoin trading . Sometimes some hype / rumour about bitcoin can bring some bucks but that can be called escape loss from altcoin . Different peoples have Different trading strategy for their altcoin trading , AS a reason an altcoin trader bitcoin is the mother of all altcoin ,so reason behind converting their profit to the bitcoin is so obvious . Always do your research before investing .