But, and this is the big but, it takes a level of market foresight that many people, even seasoned traders, dont always have.

If everyone could correctly predict each dip, the market would be a very different place, wouldnt it? Now, staying away from green candles makes sense in theory, but its not always easy to do.

DCAing is great because you set it and forget it. It helps people cope with the crypto market's dramatic swings. While I like your sharp market assessments, I disagree that DCAing during market upswings necessarily raises risk. Truth is more nuanced and involves numerous aspects. Every investor must decide how much risk they can bear and act accordingly.

Like I had mentioned somewhere else before, it is an individual-investor's kind of division making. Some times it also boils down to the investment funds you have on ground. Investors like you who just started last year are likely to go into the DCA than investors that begin since 2009, 2010, and so on. Because they have understudy the market volatility over time and overly familiar with the system. They tend to go with the Lump sum instead.

Anothrr reason could be the nature of trade you do outside the Bitcoin network. Maybe you are a serial entrepreneur who's trying new trades almost frequently and you need to access investments on monthly or quarterly bases. You're likely to be more interesting in ghe DCA. It could be more simplified through the use of Active and Passive investors for instance.

Everything lies on the choice and preferences of the investor whom must have made technical and financial investigations or survey on how the market flows. Or just simply by their level of tolerance to taking risks or even mere choice of decision.

If after you did a DCA round, price goes up, it is good because you can sell it for profit.

I know you want to find better or best entries for your DCA but by being obsessive with finding good entries, you are becoming a speculator, trader, not an investor with DCA strategy.

When you try to do this, you will find bottoms by that you will miss bottoms.

You can DCA monthly or quarterly if you don't have big capital to do weekly DCA. Because if you use too small capitap for DCA, you will pay higher rate for withdrawal fee compares to total capital you buy at that time.

Buying on an exchange and leave your bitcoin there, wait for two or three months for one withdrawal is terrible practice.

Reminder: Do not keep your money in online account.

Value average is a good strategy as the investor will set his target growth rate and constantly adjust contributions to suit the target. The ultimate goal is to buy more when the price is low and less when the price goes high. This strategy will be profitable if you can always predict the movement of the market accurately which is somehow impossible. Value average is not also convenient for new investors due to it's complexity.


Value average can lead to procrastination and delay in investment. Keeping money aside for investment and waiting for the right time to invest can be risky. You might be tempted to use the money for other things. It will be better to be consistent than to keep procrastinating until you miss an opportunity to buy. For me there is no best time to buy Bitcoin, I buy whenever I have the money.

I just convert in BTC every portion of money I receive in any fiat currency. I do it immediately when I get a fiat income. I don’t need any specific timeframe for this. As to me, holding a fiat currency means accepting high risk. Not only a risk of inflation, but also a risk of confiscation.

DCA results won't be optimal this way, you may miss out on some purchases in the bullish market that you should have made.
DCA is actually one way to minimize skepticism from any market conditions including green candles because your purchases are always small amounts. If the market is in the green, hope that you have started DCA long before that.
DCA's most important suggestion is consistency.

This not DCA,you are buying at the dip. This strategy is good because you buy bitcoin in a discount price and will have a significant amount but it is very risky because you might end up not accumulating the amount of bitcoin can you would have if you were using DCA method at a given period of time. This is because it is not easy to predict the market movement and when after waiting for sometimes the market didnt go as you expect,you might end up spending your funds before the dip. One the other hand DCA is the best method to accumulate more bitcoin into your bitcoin investment portfolio because it will lead to consistent increase in your bitcoin investment either when you are buying in the bear or bull market. It is just like someone working and assigned a certain amount,let's say 10% of his income monthly to his savings and he just allow the money to keep on piling up. We all have saving in a particular period of time or presently. This is the same with bitcoin when you believe in it,you use 10% of your weeklyor monthly income to DCA based on your cash inflow. Although this strategy is for those people that have steady cash inflow and not for those that dont have steady cash inflow,if not they might end up going back to sell from their investment as a sign to show that they are not prepared for the DCA method. Both methods are good strategy but for a newbie,it is advisable that they buy at the dip. I use both methods,

I use DCA monthly and i buy at lump when i recieve a huge funds that i dont need for a long period of time.

I think DCA is just a good strategy because it's very simple, calm, and realistic. A person chooses a fixed amount that one can afford to invest per month, and just commits to doing it, no matter how the price is moving. And of course, it's more profitable to buy at a low price than if it rises, but with DCA you win some and lose some, without needing to stress over market analysis, finding the right time to buy or sell, etc. Occasionally buying when the price is on the rise isn't a problem, IMO. The only time when I'd say DCA can be unwise is a few months of a rapid bull market that happen once every 2-3 years, but that's just generally not a great investing time.

Personally I prefer to DCA after a year-long bear market, like in 2019 or this year even, ideally leading into the halving, in order to try and get a reasonable discount.

I found this a good strategy during 2019 and I imagine from $20K prices last year to $30K this year will also turn out to be good/fair prices in the coming years. Also not a huge fan of DCA >50% of ATH, in order to get a 50% discount when averaging into the price, though this year I will probably be OK with DCA up to around $40K rather than just 50% of ATH, even if price returns to $20K thereafter.

Waiting for a big DIP is actually what DCA method addresses. If you wish to wait for a dip before investing I most at times think that you’re wasting the opportunity to buy. Once the market isn’t close to the ATH then I would say buy because without the certainty of what will come next it is better to cease that opportunity. What if one waits to for a dip before buying and that particular target price doesn’t come again, or probably the markets continues to green from that price you would have missed the opportunity waiting for a dip.



Why most people actually go for monthly investment could actually be related to the fact that most people use their monthly salaries for the investment or the fact that at least the market will have change within that thirty days in month. DCA strategies should be done on how you feel it suits you properly or goes in line with your income but do not wait too long for a dip before making any investment most especially if you’re coming new to the market