Read this post and its true how small investor are losing bitcoin by investing in other coins.
You can buy 8000 tokens in 1 USD when price of bitcoin is 8000 USD but if bitcoin price will rise to 16000 USD then you can buy 16000 tokens in same price. Now all token price does not move according to BTC price,it will drop 20-30% without any sign of drop, but when you will compare with bitcoin you will find that you are in loss.
https://cryptomaa.com/btc/how-small-investors-are-losing-bitcoin-by-investing-in-altcoins/You cannot compare Bitcoin with others. Therefore the others are called altcoins. Investing in Bitcoin has been always profitable. Small investors think other coins or tokens might replace Bitcoin in the future and that is one of the reason they want to invest in salt. That is why they are also losing money.