Bitcoin DCA calculator
What if you had bought a fixed amount of bitcoin every week — and never tried to time the market? Pick an amount, a cadence and a start date to replay it against real price history back to 2013.
Frequency
Investing $50 weekly since January 2020 — that is $17,050 invested over 341 buys — would be worth
$38,340+125%
today at $64,006 per bitcoin — a 2.25× return on the cash you put in.
Total invested
$17,050
Bitcoin stacked
0.5990 BTC
Avg. price paid
$28,464
Net profit
$21,290
Portfolio valueAmount invested
Past performance is not a prediction. Buys are priced at weekly BTC/USD closes (Kraken); “value today” uses the current spot ($64,006). This is an educational back-test, not financial advice.
Questions about Bitcoin DCA
- What is dollar-cost averaging (DCA)?
- Dollar-cost averaging means buying a fixed amount of an asset on a regular schedule — say $50 every week — regardless of the price. You buy more when the price is low and less when it is high, which smooths out your average entry price and removes the need to time the market.
- How does this Bitcoin DCA calculator work?
- Choose how much to buy, how often (weekly or monthly), and a start date. The calculator replays real weekly BTC/USD closing prices from Kraken, buys your chosen amount at each period's price, and totals the bitcoin you would have accumulated and what it is worth at today's spot price.
- Is dollar-cost averaging a good strategy for Bitcoin?
- DCA is popular with long-term holders because it avoids the risk of putting everything in at a single price and it enforces discipline through volatile periods. It does not guarantee a profit, and any historical back-test reflects a period that will not repeat. Treat the result as education, not advice.
- How much should I dollar-cost average into Bitcoin?
- That is a personal decision based on your income, expenses, and risk tolerance — never more than you can afford to lose. The calculator lets you model any amount so you can see how the outcome scales with your contribution.
- What price data does the calculator use?
- Weekly BTC/USD closes from Kraken's public market data, reaching back to October 2013, plus a current spot price from CoinGecko for the 'value today' figure. All calculations run in your browser.
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