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Bitcoin DCA

Bitcoin DCA Scenarios

What would steady buying have done? DCA, or dollar-cost averaging, means buying the same amount on a fixed schedule whatever the price is doing. Each page below takes one such plan and runs it against real historical prices, refreshed daily. Most are a set amount of Bitcoin bought every week or month since January 1 of the year you pick. The hand-picked ones at the top keep their own dates and schedules. Pick a plan to see the total invested, what it's worth today, and the year-by-year breakdown.

The interesting ones

Hand-picked schedules with a story: a plan started on the day of a record high, a daily coffee's worth, a single calendar year. Real dates, real prices, no cherry-picking beyond what the title says.

$100 a Week in Bitcoin Since the November 2021 Top$100/week since Nov 2021$100 a Week in Bitcoin Since the October 2025 All-Time High$100/week since Oct 2025A $5 Coffee a Day in Bitcoin Since 2018$5/day since 2018Skipping Netflix for Bitcoin: $15.49 a Month Since 2020$15.49/month since 2020A First Year of DCA: $25 a Week Through 2025$25/week through 2025One Workday at Minimum Wage in Bitcoin Weekly Since 2020$58/week since 2020$100 From Every Biweekly Paycheck in Bitcoin Since 2019$100/2 weeks since 2019The Lost Decade Test: $50 a Week Since the 2013 Peak$50/week since Nov 2013

$10 per purchase

Weekly buys

$10/week since 2013$10/week since 2014$10/week since 2015$10/week since 2016$10/week since 2017$10/week since 2018$10/week since 2019$10/week since 2020$10/week since 2021$10/week since 2022$10/week since 2023$10/week since 2024$10/week since 2025

Monthly buys

$10/month since 2013$10/month since 2014$10/month since 2015$10/month since 2016$10/month since 2017$10/month since 2018$10/month since 2019$10/month since 2020$10/month since 2021$10/month since 2022$10/month since 2023$10/month since 2024$10/month since 2025

$50 per purchase

Weekly buys

$50/week since 2013$50/week since 2014$50/week since 2015$50/week since 2016$50/week since 2017$50/week since 2018$50/week since 2019$50/week since 2020$50/week since 2021$50/week since 2022$50/week since 2023$50/week since 2024$50/week since 2025

Monthly buys

$50/month since 2013$50/month since 2014$50/month since 2015$50/month since 2016$50/month since 2017$50/month since 2018$50/month since 2019$50/month since 2020$50/month since 2021$50/month since 2022$50/month since 2023$50/month since 2024$50/month since 2025

$100 per purchase

Weekly buys

$100/week since 2013$100/week since 2014$100/week since 2015$100/week since 2016$100/week since 2017$100/week since 2018$100/week since 2019$100/week since 2020$100/week since 2021$100/week since 2022$100/week since 2023$100/week since 2024$100/week since 2025

Monthly buys

$100/month since 2013$100/month since 2014$100/month since 2015$100/month since 2016$100/month since 2017$100/month since 2018$100/month since 2019$100/month since 2020$100/month since 2021$100/month since 2022$100/month since 2023$100/month since 2024$100/month since 2025

$250 per purchase

Weekly buys

$250/week since 2013$250/week since 2014$250/week since 2015$250/week since 2016$250/week since 2017$250/week since 2018$250/week since 2019$250/week since 2020$250/week since 2021$250/week since 2022$250/week since 2023$250/week since 2024$250/week since 2025

Monthly buys

$250/month since 2013$250/month since 2014$250/month since 2015$250/month since 2016$250/month since 2017$250/month since 2018$250/month since 2019$250/month since 2020$250/month since 2021$250/month since 2022$250/month since 2023$250/month since 2024$250/month since 2025

Backtest your own plan

These pages cover the common schedules. For anything else, use the live calculator. It takes any amount, cadence, date range and fee, and prices it from the same daily history these pages use: Coinbase's daily closes from July 20, 2015, and blockchain.info's daily prices before that.

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Not financial advice. Scenario results are historical simulations for educational purposes; past performance does not guarantee future results.