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DCA backtest

Test how dollar-cost-averaging into any cryptocurrency would have played out. Pick a coin, a frequency, an amount per period, and a date range — we'll replay the buys against historical close prices and show you the result.

Coin Frequency Amount per period ($) Start date End date

Presets:

Total invested

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Current value

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Profit / Loss

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Units accumulated

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Avg buy price

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Cumulative invested vs current value

Cumulative invested Cumulative value

Every buy

Date	USD in	Price	Units	Cum. units	Cum. cost

About this backtest

Dollar-cost averaging (DCA) is the practice of buying a fixed dollar amount of an asset at regular intervals, regardless of price. It removes timing decisions and tends to lower your average buy price during sideways or down markets.

This backtest replays daily close prices from CoinPaprika. On each period it deducts your contribution at that day's close and accumulates the units. Final value uses the current spot price. The model assumes no fees and instant execution — real exchanges will charge 0.1–1% per trade and slippage on illiquid pairs.

Past performance does not guarantee future returns. A backtest is a hindsight exercise, not a prediction. Crypto can and has drawn down 80%+ — including coins that look like obvious winners today.