Sometimes generic analogies fit, sometimes they don’t. Your first premise is that a recession or more exactly a stock market melt down is imminent. Unlike the extreme bears around, most of economic community is right now widely divided onto this topic. This maybe the mid term rally folks have talked about here that has better hostroical record than any other historical market trend. Finally, stocks are much easier to dispose then homes so I don’t think it is fair comparison. With the current momentum in markets, it doesn’t make any sense to walk out of the market. If you have good trading practice and have your stop losses set, you can walk out before the market crashes. Just as when buying, you need confirmation whether bottom is in or not (though it means you pay more), similarly with selling one should get confirmation that market has topped.
