Value of DCA (Dollar-Cost Averaging)

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If you had invested $100 per week into Bitcoin starting in 2019 — through the crash, through the hype, through the fear — your total investment of roughly $26,000 would have grown substantially. The discipline of buying every single week, regardless of emotion, is what makes DCA work.

DCA means buying a fixed amount on a schedule (e.g., weekly), reducing the stress of timing the market and smoothing your average cost.

Benefits:

  • •Lowers timing risk.
  • •Builds discipline.
  • •Automatable.
  • •Works well with self-custody routines.
Key Takeaway

DCA removes the two biggest enemies of investing: timing and emotion. Set it, automate it, and forget it. The results compound over years, not weeks.

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