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I tracked my every BTC trade for 6 months (from Feb to Aug, 2026), here are my points.
Could this be the final dip of the cycle? BTC's resilience to the Binance hack is surprisingly strong
Who hacked? China, N.Korea, Russia or Artifial Intelligent?
Contributing to Society in a Meaningful Way in 2027
First BTC buy: ~$5K DCA over 12 months is the plan. Help me understand where to start.
When’s the Bottom of the Bear Market in Your Opinion
Is buying and holding BTC really superior to actively trading BTC futures and options?
I built a free desktop app that turns Bitcoin cycle into a concrete investment plan (open source, Python/PyQt6) - Ho creato un’app desktop gratuita che trasforma i cicli di Bitcoin in un piano operativo (open source, Python/PyQt6)
Time to buy Bitcoin now-"Buy when everyone is fearful"
Making a tool for spot traders/investors with dynamic DCA/Accumulation sector, would it be helpful?
Would a Bitcoin DCA opportunity tool be useful? Without charts in the app.
Do you actively consolidate smaller UTXOs during low-fee windows, or just leave your stack untouched?
BTC dumped to $83.7k — added another lump sum on top of my daily DCA
Date you will remember: 09.29.26, 19:00 UTC... Velqbit Launch
A message to the casual, lurker, buttcoiner, and all of us, a personal opinion and my story.
A clean, fast Bitcoin-only dashboard — no altcoins, no signup, always free
Poor Canadian Retiree - I would like your thoughts.
I bought BTC and ETH very early. Then I discovered leverage and gave it all back.
For people who consistently use DCA, how do you do it?
Tested a trend-following bot on paper for 6 weeks. Binance fees alone were 10 to 12% of the account every week
Im a newbie propably gonna make some mistakes but lets ride this thing.
Need advice from Crypto Bros on Telcoin
I have decided to match my child's allowance 100% in the form of DCA into her own personal wallet.
To everyone who told me to dump all my money in and not DCA before ETF Approval!!
“For $1 a day you can save a child’s life”. Well….I can also DCA into bitcoin for an early retirement.
What does 'Have a Plan' look like?
What is your current DCA frequency? Am I doing it right?
Low-Custodial hybrid hot / cold DCA method guide for HWWs
Should I be DCA’ing every week or wait until it stops dropping to buy more?
Im using a DCA bot, any recommendations for the settings?
Time the market and you'll get left behind. DCA is the way..
ETF Came and went. Bitcoin price crashed. BTC is dead
Does anyone else find it odd the whales are the ones making up the selling?
Questions regarding best method to buy BTC for my younger brother
What portion of your 401k did you or would you allocate for purchasing ETFs?
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No one knows. Stop trying to be a trader and just DCA.
People are so regarded I can't understand.. if you don't believe it'll go to $150K+, why invest in it? If you think it'll go up, why the fuck you care when you enter? Just like all the smart people have been saying, DCA or buy and forget about it. regards IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER YOU CATCH BOTTOM OR NOT AND YOU NEVER WILL INTENTIONALLY
I’m not watching at all. I’ve got a life to live. My buys DCA regularly for me without having to think about the price of BTC today, yesterday or tomorrow
Many exchanges allow you to buy say $100 of Bitcoin when it hits your specified price - this is a limit order. Let's say you want to buy $100 worth only when Bitcoin hits $77k. Nothing happens until the price hits $77k. You can have multiple limits, say another at $75k, and another limit order at $72k. When you buy multiple limit orders, this is "laddering". It's just a set of limit orders spread out at different price point intervals. This along with DCA results in a "set it and forget it" strategy.
**Do single-sig cold storage hardware wallet** for now, while you learn about Bitcoin and learn about multi-sig. Step one is to start DCA'ing on an exchange, trusting the exchange with your fiat and your money. When that gets to be an amount you wouldn't be comfortable losing, transfer it to your hardware wallet. When you have so much money on your hardware wallet that it starts to feel like it would be a life changing amount of money to lose, then you need 2-of-3 multi-sig. Which means you have a long time to learn how to do it wrong and how to do it right. Do not YOLO in a life changing amount of money on day one. The biggest risk on day one is you. Take your time, learn and grow.
No one can get the best entry, the best way is DCA.
DCA is not an optimal strategy. Lump sum outperforms
This is why you DCA and use ladder limits. Take emotion out of the equation. Replace FOMO and panic with discipline.
DCA helps take the emotion out of investing. Staying consistent during uncertain times is easier than trying to time every dip.
I just DCA from Swan and it drops straight into my cold wallet. Take custody… you knew the risks. Look what happened to Voyager. The writing was on the wall.
Take a breath. Nothing here needs to be decided today, and pausing one week of DCA while you figure this out is completely fine. The main risk with an exchange is that you’re trusting one company with everything. Kraken has a solid track record, but long-term savings are better off somewhere you aren’t relying on any single company. A simple way to get there: 1. Buy a hardware wallet directly from the manufacturer’s website. Never from Amazon or a reseller. 2. Set it up and write the seed phrase on paper, or better, metal. Never type it into a phone, computer or website, and never photograph it. 3. Send a small test amount from Kraken first. Then practice recovering the wallet from the seed phrase before you move anything meaningful. 4. Once you’re comfortable, keep buying on Kraken and withdraw to your wallet on a regular schedule, so only a small amount ever sits on the exchange. 5. Write down how your family would access it if something happened to you. If holding your own keys feels like too much responsibility, there’s also custody where the keys are split across several independent institutions, so no single company can lose or move your bitcoin on its own. Disclosure, I work at Onramp, which does this, so weigh my opinion on that part accordingly. Either way, you’re asking the right question. Most people don’t think about this until something goes wrong.
I used 3commas bots for years until 3commas leaked a load of api keys and a lot of us had our trading accounts drained. I also ran DCA bots with a script on Trading view. I made money during the bullrun but the DCA bots always buy at the top which means if you don't stop them before the bull run peaks you will be left with huge red bags when the market eventually dumps.
DCA’ing in a bear market downtrend…in crypto? Oof
When you "adjust" then this is not DCA anymore. Moreover, in long horizon your strategy is less efficient than DCA. You don't know when is the top.
I tracked my every BTC trade for 6 months (from Feb to Aug, 2026), here are my points. 1. Make DCA (dollar cost averaging) your basis, and adjust it to your situation (for myself, I stop it at peak time) 2. Don't predict as you can't, just follow the plan, and be flexible (stop whenever you feel so) 3. No leverage, enjoy fluctuations, price going down is not necessarily a bad thing if you don't have leverage So far it has been going well, and it still making me some net profits even though the price is going down at the moment due to Binance 6B hack. I call it BitcoinLogbook's BTC DCA strategy.
"1. Simply stayed the course without adjustments to your DCA amount?" You have to be a bit more flexible and adjustable if you want to minimise your DCA returns.
Yes, I set up my strategy after doing both technical and macro-economic analysis. IMHO, once you have a solid understanding and macro view on it, you won't / shouldn't be bothered by micro details and noises, and you could be more patient and certain on executing your strategy. But there are still caveats 1. Your view could still need adjustments, if not completely wrong, especially in this unprecedent era of AI + Crypto 2. Most of the DCA strategies lack flexibility, which could impact your overall profit significantly
**long-term self-custody holding,preferably with dollar-cost averaging.** Bitcoin has no native staking.Any yield product (lending, DeFi, “staking” wrappers)adds counterparty, smart-contract, bridge, or operational risk on top of price volatility. Those risks have caused total losses before, independent of Bitcoin’s price. Pure cold-wallet holding exposes you only to price movement. DCA reduces timing risk. Spot ETFs are a simpler regulated alternative if you do not want to manage keys. Higher yields almost always mean higher chance of losing principal. Only risk what you can afford to lose entirely. This is not financial advice
Why before the election when historically BTC drops after our midterms? Either way I think what you’re doing is right. I’m still buying my DCA and bought a bit more earlier this year at lower prices. None of this matters in another year or two but interested in what made you do it now?
There’s almost 2 billion in long liquidations around 73. It’s likely to sweep that before making a real recovery, the sharks can smell blood in the water right now. Daily DCA and ignore the noise.
Just a quick update on my end: I’m currently battling with the Australian banks just to withdraw my own funds so I can buy more Bitcoin. They keep delaying me, claiming they need to run endless checks and balances. I get it to an extent I’m in my 20s, and I acknowledge that security checks exist to protect people who might be ill informed. But it’s incredibly frustrating when it’s money I’ve worked my ass off for every single day, putting my blood, sweat, and tears into earning it. It really hit me today: as the saying goes, if your money is sitting in a bank, it’s not truly yours. You’re completely at their behest just to access your own capital for something you believe in. Unless you play the slow game and DCA small amounts over time, you’re stuck under the control of a centralized middleman. I hope this serves as a lesson to anyone on the fence: take control of your financial independence now rather than later.
Been stacking sats for a while but still fuzzy on one thing, how do you guys handle UTXO management without it turning into a fee nightmare? my wallet’s getting cluttered with tiny chunks from DCA buys and i’m not sure if i should consolidate now or wait til fees drop
I’m starting to think dip back to the 60’s after the fake out we just had. But I don’t know so I DCA.
We’re 2 and a half years after the last halving and a year and a half before the next halving. Either the four year cycle will continue or it won’t. So that’s where we are in a nutshell. My strategy is to DCA. It’s a long game. Ignore the waves and enjoy the tide.
Honestly: starting a DCA scheme an sticking with it for some two years now has given me so much peace of mind. I would recommend this to anyone.
I used a DCA Calculator. 1k invested every month. Started exactly 5 years ago until today: BTC Return: +78.22% SPY Return: +48.64% So every person that would run a DCA , as you do for longterm investing, you would be better off with btc.
No trade. Only DCA. Start playing with multi vendor, multi SIG, until you're comfortable enough to use it
I'd wait and see what happens and DCA over the next coming months and into the new year! That's what I'm continuing to do. But, its your money and your decision to make!
"The sheep will tell you to DCA religiously and you’ll end up buying at tops." You telling me if you dca you only buy the tops ? lol what the heck did I just read
If you are complaining about bitcoin, you are probably in a bear market year. If you go back 5 years from a bear market year, you will ALWAYS capture 2 bull cycle tops which will always make bitcoin performance look horrible. Even if you choose the worst possible 5 year window the DCA CAGR is still solid: 4-year DCA CAGR/IRR: ~27–29% 5-year DCA CAGR/IRR: ~23–25% 6-year DCA CAGR/IRR: ~29–32%
DCA $500 every month, then buy chunks whenever i have extra $ - is once a month bad?
Try DCA. It’s the super hero of bitcoin FOMO
There is no magic number if you are planning to hold for 3 years, there is a very high probability that it will be double this price three years from now. If in doubt, DCA is the best route.
Just another brutal FUD campaign by known fear Harvesters, always it's the dip, DCA it's the way.
Just my opinion, but the "grass roots cypher punk" days are over. Happens with everything like this. 2014 Coinbase, whenever Binance started; those were the first layers of ruin. 2017 CME futures was the biggest nail in the coffin. Compare the lows between the BTC crypto chart (or even teh Bitstamp one) and the CME BTC futures chart. Look at it on the monthly chart. See the divergence? Plot the highs, lows, and midpoint of the entire range of both charts (their entire history). Go back and do this for all the "bitcoin cycles" see how it interacts with the 25% range as measured from low to high? This time we've only gone to 50%. Anomalous. So anyway. Then the IBIT ETFs (among others). It's not total control, but it's close enough. Over time it will probably continue to appear to increase relative to other assets. Fundamentally though all money is based on object fetishization ritual behavior. Care more about the people in your life and help where you can, all I can say at this point. DCA is still a solid strategy, just don't put everything in BTC. Have some cash. Have some index funds, money market earning interest, etc. Nothing we do or participate in will last forever. Money sucks. Life sucks. Don't breed.
Ignore the noise, Bitcoin is volatile, Stay the course, Keep stacking Sats, Run your own Node + Verify, Buy more Bitcoin. DCA and Chill 🧡
For me, it was back in 2016-2017 when it hit right around $20K for the first time. I had been loosely following it since its inception but back in 2009-2010 it was too hard for me to grasp the importance much less have the technical know-how to store it. If I only had a time machine to shake the crap out of my younger self to figure that out. More ah-ha moments came when I started listening to audio books on sound money and just how jacked up our monetary system is. Not just in the States but around the world. It's insane to me, actually. So, now I'm full on BTC Nerd, run mining rigs, DCA, everything except running my own node. That's next on my list.
You need a Bitcoin mindset to understand your Bitcoin stack. You are looking through stock goggles at this. I would recommend continuing your DCA. Use a Passphrase. Do steel backups. Dm me in case you have a question
If you ain't DCA, you better call it a day.
The sheep will tell you to DCA religiously and you’ll end up buying at tops. If you really want to make the most out of crypto you should follow the cycles, buy as close to bottoms as you can and sell as close to tops.
I just don’t feel it’s a great investment and all the big money’s already been made. Bitcoins performance over the last 5 years has been terrible, sure these guys will tell you about the 4 year cycle, you’re looking at the wrong chart etc but it’s just not performing, it’s incredibly high risk and insanely volatile Compared to my investments that I DCA over the same period. Google +114% S&P 500 +79% Vanguard Global All Cap +67% Bitcoin +24% (annual compound growth 4.7%) You can spin it however you want but it’s pretty shit.
DCA and chill, models are just fancy weather forecasts
DCA a set amount each paycheck and pretend the price chart doesn't exist, works better for my sanity that way.
you basically front-loaded your DCA before the first paycheck cleared, now you're just along for the ride that's fine if your conviction's there but you can't call it dollar cost averaging when you dropped two-thirds of your stack in 14 days. the whole point is smoothing out the emotional rollercoaster you're feeling right now if it were me i'd stop looking at charts for a month and let the next auto-buy fire. the panic sellers are always loudest at the bottom
I reduced the % that I DCA. I invest more in stocks/etfs at the moment.
"accelerate those dca buys", why and how would you like to accelerate? DCA still works in 2026, and less volatility is a fact that there are more steady hands at the wheel, which could be a good thing for the long term, but the profit margin is still there. I've been doing DCA for years, and still making reasonable profits in 2026, even with the plunge caused by Binance 6B hack recently. Note: no leverage, no high risks, just enjoy the down time.
Doing the same ... 1. DCA at a flexible pace (e.g.: not exactly every Sunday, but the same principle of buy low) 2. Other options accumulating BTC via purchases in daily life (e.g.: Lava) Disclaimer, not affiliated with any 3rd-party platforms, all my independent opinions and personal practices.
DCA still works in 2026, and less volatility is a fact that there are more steady hands at the wheel, which could be a good thing for the long term, but the profit margin is still there. I've been doing DCA for years, and still making reasonable profits, no leverage, no high risks, just enjoy the down time.
The past 5 years include that massive 2021 peak though, so the chart's showing a nasty hangover from buying the top. If you started DCA'ing 3-4 years ago you caught a lot of red, the 5-year window makes it look worse than it probably feels month to month. I get the frustration, it's tough watching other stuff run while your stack just treads water.
Yes. Just chill, DCA, and hodl.
Probably should have been more specific. DCA HODL **BTC.** Have I bought and sold other coins? Of course, that’s where greed comes in. Haven’t sold a single sat in 8+ years.
Who said you have to be the biggest winner to benefit? Everyone chasing greed will lose. DCA HODL remains undefeated.
Well I guess my next couple of DCA purchases will get me fractionally more BTC. Good thing it's my play money, of course my main investments got hammered today. Hope my Roth 401k money from work is buying stuff today, will probably be Monday after a massive rebound. Pass the lube :)
Great. It is still the same price that you sold. You can buy more here or wait still. I will get back DCA again now, and again of it drops more.
DCA and enjoy it when Bitcoin is on sale!
I have mine too, but lbh, the overwhelming majority will royallt fuck this up if they do anything but DCA and diversify.
back in 2016, BTC was around $400 from what you're saying, you've been buying for 10 years and never sold anything. If that's really the case, 0.85 BTC seems like a pretty small amount after all that time just curious, how much have you actually invested over those years? And what's your average buy price...? if you've been buying since 2016, that's a pretty long DCA run idon't know, something about your story doesn't quite add up. mybe it's true, though either way, I feel bad for you. Unfortunately, I don't think you'll ever see that BTC again. And please don't trust anyone offering to recover it for you. you'll probably just end up losing more. sometimes you just have to accept the loss, as painful as it is no offence
I agree 100% that DCA is for people that can’t read a chart. Most people that try to read a chart fail miserably though bc it takes a few years to get good unless you have a mentor, which most people don’t, so they turn to YouTubers who don’t know how to trade either or mislead their audience to keep them dependent and jn their funnel. The way to not mess it up is DCA and diversify. In regards to the 4y cycle, the bull run started early. The halving cycle is of course still intact though of course.
What kind of illusion are you thinking it is? Like it’s a tool to keep people poor? My answer to that would be that like many other tools, there is the potential for harm, and that potential goes up significantly when the user doesn’t know how to use it. And the more powerful the tool, the greater the harm if somethibg goes wrong. To the rest, rich people don’t run scams as often as poor people. It definitely happens, but they generally aren’t trying to risk their freedom over somethibg they already have. Poor folks are generally much more down to commit crimes. As far as rich people getting richer, that’s because it’s a wealth vehicle, and if a wealth vehicle exists, the rich are going to find it. That’s like what Michael Saylor says about it being better capital and as such, people will start to ditch the lesser quality capital. Poor people get poor from this though generally from being foolish, and not understanding the implications of the technology. There’s also a lot of poor people gaining wealth off of it. One of my coworkers is going to be a millionaire just from crypto this next cycle and all he did was DCA every paycheck both in bull markets and bear markets.
No, the “4 year cycle” was one of those things marketers do where they change the name of something to either put a fresh spin on something old, or worse, keep you from being able to look it up. Robert Kiyosaki is notorious for this. It was based on a theory from a guy on Twitter (I think @100TrillionDollars was his handle) which was based on the halving cycle and stock to flow ratio, which measures scarcity. Yeah, that’s part of peoples problem is they’re trying to entertain themselves with this. Some subconsciously, some consciously. I’d argue those folks just don’t understand the situation well enough to realize how serious this is and how much bigger than pump my bags and number go up this is, and DEFINTELY bigger than clout chasing. But lastly, DCA isnt enough. Diversification is critical. Putting all your eggs in one basket is a classic foolish mistake.
Not always worse. But also sometimes DEFINTELY worse. But how much direction do you need to DCA and diversify? Serious question.
In my opinion, it depends with your strategy. For example, if you have the conviction that BTC will hit 250K or even 1M one day and you setup in your mind that target, then DCA makes sense. Your buying without stressing about it and once it hits your target, you sell. I personally been doing it for a while and it literally just takes the emotion out of it. The crazy early days are over but it's still the easiest way to accumulate if you just want to hold long term without staring at charts all day.
No, I had a loaded gun, I was waiting for the closest thing to a perfect shot as possible, I got lucky mixed with knowledge but luck was most of it. And I get what your saying but I was NOT panicking I was dong what I planned to do if the situation presented itself, dump the mag of my loaded gun into the tokens I wanted, and wanted more of, at a much better price/DCA.
For real, the Liam Neeson threat is perfect for this. Every time I see red candles I imagine some guy just holding millions and pressing sell for no reason. I do DCA and it still hurts to check the chart in monday morning. Like you know it will recover but still.
Forget your DCA for today, put as much cash into it as you can! Demonetization is real.
DCA hits different when you're holding through the dips.
Just DCA and chill. Either you believe in the long term utility of bitcoin or you don't.
You might be a genius but the average person is not. You might be good with your own strategy but it's not likely to work for 99% of people. Take leverage positions in Bitcoin for example...we constantly hear about people getting completely wiped out from over leveraging. If trading was easy, nobody would ever have to work and everyone would be rich. So you do you, but I am sticking to my DCA, because I know better than to think I can do what you can do.
I've been watching btc since 2009 so I have my own strategy and I don't need anyone tell me what to do. DCA is only good for noobs.
Ignore the noise, Bitcoin is volatile, Stay the course, Keep stacking Sats, Run your own Node + Verify, Buy more Bitcoin. DCA and Chill 🧡🚀
Que the “ I’m glad I’m on ( enter your exchange here) exchange” Where are all the $10 DCA people!!!!
Getting my Friday DCA early. Thanks Binance
Hey look at that...a flash sale on DCA Friday. Thanks
All customer funds are protected, nothing to worry about BUY THE DIP! DCA BACK THE TRUCK UP
So far... But yeah, buying opportunity. DCA on the way down
Just waiting on the sideline until some major crypto bankruptcy happens, then DCA during the fallout and for the next year or two.
I DCA too but we just broke 77700 I'm talking NOW
I don't look for a bottom I look for a starting entry point and then DCA. Going to continue every 4 years during the bear market and always use newly acquired monthly income to fund it. Meaning no selling core investments, property or borrowing money. It's works for me and ensures my legacy stays in tact.
4y cycle didnt break. DCA is for people that dont know how to read a chart. Its a safer strategy for casuals.
As long as you're not DCA'ing into a Binance account!
What you don't like cheap bitcoin? You think number only go up? Number go all kinds of ways. Keep calm and DCA.
tbh the 4 year cycle stuff was always just pattern matching on a tiny sample size. two data points isnt a model. DCA and chill is boring but it works for most people
Buy BTC and wait, I stopped waiting for the price to dip, instead I just DCA every week.
$10 per month DCA crew!!!!!!! Save us !!!!
It’s always a good time to DCA, that’s the point.