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In many ways, it’s a great way to invest in stocks and shares because it can shield you from the worst of the market’s volatility. However, you’re also less likely to make your fortune with dollar-cost averaging unless you have a specific strategy in play. For example, DCA’ing into assets in a bear market; with the intention to sell during the peak of a bull market. Timing is also key to this strategy, I.e. if you have a short-term investment thesis vs. you want to accumulate assets over a long-term horizon. Is Dollar Cost Averaging a Good Idea for Crypto? Again, we have to stress that DCA typically offers smaller returns on your investment. However, sometimes, especially with altcoins, you can also be pleasantly surprised. Imagine that a year ago, in June 2022, you got a nice windfall, maybe USD 1,200.00, and you decided you wanted to use it to invest in crypto. You could have started right away by putting the whole amount into Ether, and you would have been able to buy about ETH 0.65689355. If you decided to hodl this amount for a year, this Ether would have gone through some ups and downs for an overall rise of about 1.15%. After a year, your ETH 0.65689355 would today be worth around USD 1,213.00—not great, not terrible.
Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and behavioral finance. Adam received his master's in economics from The New School for Social Research and his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in sociology. He is a CFA charterholder as well as holding FINRA Series 7, 55 & 63 licenses. He currently researches and teaches economic sociology and the social studies of finance at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Challenges presented by DCA As mentioned earlier, DCA mitigates the risk that sudden price drops will have a radical negative impact on your investment portfolio. The tradeoff is that you may not get to maximize your returns on your investments by aligning them directly with market growth, and any money waiting to be invested may end up sitting, waiting—and not earning.