Crypto Dollar Cost Averaging (DCA) Calculator

About this calculator

Dollar-cost averaging means investing a fixed amount of money at regular intervals — weekly or monthly, for example — regardless of price, rather than trying to time a single lump-sum entry point. Because the fixed dollar amount buys more coins when price is low and fewer coins when price is high, the resulting average cost basis is automatically weighted toward periods of lower price, which is why DCA is a common strategy for volatile assets like crypto where timing a single ideal entry is unreliable.

Crypto investors use DCA specifically to reduce the behavioral and timing risk of investing a large sum right before a downturn, trading away the chance of buying entirely at the bottom in exchange for a smoother, less regret-prone average entry price — the tradeoff being that DCA typically underperforms a lump-sum investment in a market that trends steadily upward over the period, since money held back for later purchases could have been invested (and compounding) sooner.

This calculator takes your periodic buy amount, frequency and the price history over your investing window and returns the coins accumulated, your average cost basis, and your return on the plan.