DCA vs Smart DCA, what do you choose?

[God Of Thunder]

That is why I always prefer the traditional DCA thing because it will just complicate if I had to use another strategy that I am not familiar with. I want a less stress investment that is why I chose to DCA so other than that I should make an intensive research before using so I won't end up doing it wrong.

Same here. I am not a person who can do a lot of research about the market movement. DCA is for people who do not understand or cannot predict the market well, they can easily use DCA to continue investing without doing too much research. If you are sure that you want to invest in Bitcoin, that is the only thing you should be sure of from your side.

I don't have time to check the chart and wait for a dip market and place an order. If I want to invest in Bitcoin, I will surely choose classic DCA and invest. But for now, I am not doing it. My Signature payment is doing the DCA well for me.

[Thyplaymaker]

That is why I always prefer the traditional DCA thing because it will just complicate if I had to use another strategy that I am not familiar with. I want a less stress investment that is why I chose to DCA so other than that I should make an intensive research before using so I won't end up doing it wrong.

Same here. I am not a person who can do a lot of research about the market movement. DCA is for people who do not understand or cannot predict the market well, they can easily use DCA to continue investing without doing too much research. If you are sure that you want to invest in Bitcoin, that is the only thing you should be sure of from your side.

I don't have time to check the chart and wait for a dip market and place an order. If I want to invest in Bitcoin, I will surely choose classic DCA and invest. But for now, I am not doing it. My Signature payment is doing the DCA well for me.

exactly normal DCA is more preferable to me , I don't have to analyse the market before buying all I just have to do is keep purchasing more Bitcoin either weekly or monthly, and just as you said our campaign has been playing a nice role in that area . For those that are new to this space they should just stick with regular DCAing . To avoid any form of complexity.

[vegasus]

I believe many of us are familiar with Dollar Cost Averaging, DCA but how about Smart DCA.

This thread is for discussion, and I am not concluding Smart DCA is actually Smart and better than DCA. 

I think, there is only DCA, even there's also Smart DCA? 
DCA is simpler, the ways and also the term. I basically have been comfortable with DCA system to  be done for investment. SO, not really think again what other terms, like Smart DCA   

exactly normal DCA is more preferable to me , I don't have to analyse the market before buying all I just have to do is keep purchasing more Bitcoin either weekly or monthly, and just as you said our campaign has been playing a nice role in that area . For those that are new to this space they should just stick with regular DCAing . To avoid any form of complexity.

The only problem for me when doing DCA was when I ran out of capital or money to buy when the price dropped again, because I had only bought it a few days ago. Like that. Although actually I can do it again later so I will get Bitcoin accumulation again. However, sometimes you feel annoyed when the price drops but running  out of capital.

[NikeFit_7777]

For me, the concept is more like doing a short trade in spot position. Especially, the main goal is not to invest at the bottom, but to invest by waiting for the price to pull back, right?

This can indeed give a quick profit, an opportunity for late investors who want to buy at the dip, (not at the very bottom price) but can still make a profit when being done successfully.

This strategy requires enough experience and knowledge compared to traditional DCA. If we recall the previous pullbacks in the past ATH, this has been one of the errors for some people, they ended up purchasing at the peak as they thought of the upcoming bear price to a simple pullback.

If you look at it in the short term, it's probably okay. If you were talking about the long term, mine is a little different, in this respect. The experience of investing has shown that this strategy does not bring a large % to the deposit. Still, it is much easier to allocate 2-4 times (the right amount) and when the price gave -30-50% to buy the asset you need.

P.S. Considering risk management, of course. Without it, there is absolutely nowhere to go. + Try (if possible) not to give in to emotions. 

[tranthidung]

I think, there is only DCA, even there's also Smart DCA? 
DCA is simpler, the ways and also the term. I basically have been comfortable with DCA system to  be done for investment. SO, not really think again what other terms, like Smart DCA   

I said multiple times in this thread, that I see Traditional DCA is better for many people, if not all.

However, there are people and times to do things to maximize DCA and we can call it as Smart DCA efforts. What methods they use to support Traditional DCA, to come with Smart DCA, I don't know.

In this thread, I only shared that Dashboard, with signal for Smart DCA. It's free to watch and use as an extra tool for your investment. I don't recommend anyone to choose Smart DCA for their investment, it's their money, they have to make own decisions.

[Sim_card]

I think, there is only DCA, even there's also Smart DCA? 
DCA is simpler, the ways and also the term. I basically have been comfortable with DCA system to  be done for investment. SO, not really think again what other terms, like Smart DCA   

I said multiple times in this thread, that I see Traditional DCA is better for many people, if not all.

However, there are people and times to do things to maximize DCA and we can call it as Smart DCA efforts. What methods they use to support Traditional DCA, to come with Smart DCA, I don't know.

In this thread, I only shared that Dashboard, with signal for Smart DCA. It's free to watch and use as an extra tool for your investment. I don't recommend anyone to choose Smart DCA for their investment, it's their money, they have to make own decisions.

I understand what you mean OP, and I must say that it is the first time I have heard of smart DCA, which I saw from the OP. The smart DCA is much stressful compared to the tradition DCA that you will just allocate some certain amount of money to buy regularly either weekly or monthly. This is because one cannot time the market, and how sure are we when the dips will come.

[philipma1957]

I think, there is only DCA, even there's also Smart DCA? 
DCA is simpler, the ways and also the term. I basically have been comfortable with DCA system to  be done for investment. SO, not really think again what other terms, like Smart DCA   

I said multiple times in this thread, that I see Traditional DCA is better for many people, if not all.

However, there are people and times to do things to maximize DCA and we can call it as Smart DCA efforts. What methods they use to support Traditional DCA, to come with Smart DCA, I don't know.

In this thread, I only shared that Dashboard, with signal for Smart DCA. It's free to watch and use as an extra tool for your investment. I don't recommend anyone to choose Smart DCA for their investment, it's their money, they have to make own decisions.

I understand what you mean OP, and I must say that it is the first time I have heard of smart DCA, which I saw from the OP. The smart DCA is much stressful compared to the tradition DCA that you will just allocate some certain amount of money to buy regularly either weekly or monthly. This is because one cannot time the market, and how sure are we when the dips will come.

I combine both and over the time period I actually practice the purchases I did 52 weekly buys of btc. call it 52x

and I did about 25x in smart buys.  So lets call in 77x all between 16k and 33k

[tranthidung]

I understand what you mean OP, and I must say that it is the first time I have heard of smart DCA, which I saw from the OP. The smart DCA is much stressful compared to the tradition DCA that you will just allocate some certain amount of money to buy regularly either weekly or monthly. This is because one cannot time the market, and how sure are we when the dips will come.

People actually try to do Smart DCA, not all but many people do it practically.

They just don't call it as they are doing Smart DCA, but DCA because it is normally said. They can do Smart DCA with indicators like the one given in OP or just wait for a dip within a month to DCA smartly.

If you read my posts above, you will see Smart DCA does not always give you better entry than Traditional DCA. Assume Bitcoin goes up since a first day of a month, then at a 20th day of that month, it already moves up 30%, a dip like 15% won't give you a better entry than an entry with Traditional DCA at a first day of that month. Sometimes, it helps, sometimes it don't. 

[DaNNy001]

That is why I always prefer the traditional DCA thing because it will just complicate if I had to use another strategy that I am not familiar with. I want a less stress investment that is why I chose to DCA so other than that I should make an intensive research before using so I won't end up doing it wrong.

Same here. I am not a person who can do a lot of research about the market movement. DCA is for people who do not understand or cannot predict the market well, they can easily use DCA to continue investing without doing too much research. If you are sure that you want to invest in Bitcoin, that is the only thing you should be sure of from your side.

I don't have time to check the chart and wait for a dip market and place an order. If I want to invest in Bitcoin, I will surely choose classic DCA and invest. But for now, I am not doing it. My Signature payment is doing the DCA well for me.

exactly normal DCA is more preferable to me , I don't have to analyse the market before buying all I just have to do is keep purchasing more Bitcoin either weekly or monthly, and just as you said our campaign has been playing a nice role in that area . For those that are new to this space they should just stick with regular DCAing . To avoid any form of complexity.

Simplicity at its highest. The normal DCA strategy is what every Bitcoin enthusiast that don't needs too much stress would resort to. The act of buying small amount of Bitcoin on a steady without much calculation and watch over the market price is the simplest way to avoid any unnecessary situations and agitation over the price of the market because some persons can get really skeptical when their start observing changes in the market and can even make them resort to wrong choices so sticking with the DCA strategy that's well planned is probably best for both newbie and professional investor.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

The DCA strategy is the best strategy for investment it helps you to accumulate more Bitcoin because you will keep accumulating not minding the price of Bitcoin, the DCA strategy is a very good strategy it gives you peace of mind while accumulating and also gives you freedom.
If you only invest when there's a dip you will not accumulate enough Bitcoin, I know two friends, one only invest in Bitcoin when there's a dip and the other is using the DCA strategy, waiting for the dip to invest is not a good one, what if there's no dip one can wait for months without investing which is not a good idea, those that invest in Bitcoin using the DCA strategy always accumulate more than those waiting for the dip because those using the DCA strategy accumulate always even when there's a dip or increase.

The traditional DCA strategy is always the best to use, it gives you freedom and you won't even know that you are spending your money on Bitcoin because you invest weekly or monthly and a percentage that will be okay for you.
And the traditional DCA strategy can be done even when someone is receiving a very low salary.

[MUGNIA]

There is no difference in traditional DCA and Smart DCA, if the market is sluggish then there is no significant market movement, only daily trading is not as high as normal daily trading.

[pieppiep]

There is no difference in traditional DCA and Smart DCA, if the market is sluggish then there is no significant market movement, only daily trading is not as high as normal daily trading.

Agreed, Basically they use DCA is to do a gradual buying process, While intelligence and Traditional in my opinion are not too important. DCA can be implemented at any price and with any exchange conditions that will occur. I think the most important thing is to combine the DCA method with very high patience so that the method we do gets maximum results.

[bitterguy28]

Having to keep up will make you always check the price or set a particular buy price which might not trigger.

this is why many don’t prefer smart dca it is complicated and require much attention compared to dca that is quite simple and straightforward if you are busy and you have no time to constantly check the market and find the right time for an entry then the traditional dca is something you’ll prefer more

Inconsistency: The DCA might lose it's consistency in investment because you might miss a week or more waiting for bear because the bull is still on.

smart dca might make you lose a bit of control, you might think that you should optimize an opportunity so when it dips you buy huge amounts exceeding your initial budget

[Hamza2424]

Hmm most of the time, I used to vote in favor of the DCA for the investors who are in the early stages of learning, but with time I've realized people now are much more educated with the financial planning reasons the easy access to the information and more exposure to the financial markets, so as people whoa re even new in this space already know a few things they should learn about the smart DCA and i use to call it the hybrid DCA. I've found it more successful in accumulation.

[taufik123]

There is no difference in traditional DCA and Smart DCA, if the market is sluggish then there is no significant market movement, only daily trading is not as high as normal daily trading.

Agreed, Basically they use DCA is to do a gradual buying process, While intelligence and Traditional in my opinion are not too important. DCA can be implemented at any price and with any exchange conditions that will occur. I think the most important thing is to combine the DCA method with very high patience so that the method we do gets maximum results.

The method of patience will relate to the psychology of every trader, whether they are able to stay on hold and buy gradually until the main target price is reached.

DCA will be differentiated on buying in stages with a certain period of time or also with a certain price or when the price is bearish,

Now DCA is very easy to apply, you can even use the help of exchanges such as Binance which can be set automatically and can be adjusted, no need to look at the market every day to check charts etc.