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[Sticky Bomb]

If you've a large discretionary income present, it's fine to lump sum since the funds are available. Personally, I wouldn't lump sum with everything at once. I'll like to divide the money into 3 parts, lump sum with the first part, use the second part to increase my aggressiveness in DCA and keep the last part for buying my target dip.

The first and third parts are reasonable with me but I am not surely understand your point with the second part for aggressive in DCA. What's difference between aggressive DCA and dip purchases?

Aggressive DCA is showing more dedication and seriousness in your accumulation journey by buying continuously with as much good sum as possible from your discretionary income without burning yourself in the process. Dips are only rare opportunities to buy more quantities at lower prices and it might not be the best practice to strangle your DCA purchases with the hope that you'll catch a major dip.

I see the purposes of second and third parts are quite similar as you can wait for dips and take such chances for abnormal purchases with bigger capital spent for each purchase than normal DCA in a first part. I consider action of spending bigger capital for Bitcoin purchase whenever you see dip as better DCA chances than other times is aggressive buying.

Dips occur by chance and it's not something you just fold your hands and wait for before improving your game in Bitcoin accumulation, remember Bitcoin price is volatile and if you buy continuously you'll be able to buy at both highs and lows and increasing your aggressiveness if you're able is increasing your purchasing power to get more quantities per purchase which would amount to something tangible on the long-run.

 IMO it's not a good practice to be whimpy in your DCA because you're accumulating funds for your target dip and what if the dip ends up not happening, then you'll have wasted time and chances waiting for the dip while you could've spread some of the funds across your buying period and if Bitcoin price continues going higher, you'll regret not being as aggressive as you could be simply because you were being unnecessarily conservative and waiting for a dip that didn't end up happening.

It's about proper planning and you've got to maximize every chance you've got to acquire more quantities of Bitcoin for yourself.

[As-Soon-As]

The reason for this is that market moves in cycles, sometimes it goes very high and sometimes very low,

Your explanation on Bitcoin moving in cycles is very wrong. The last time i checked, Bitcoin has a 4 year cycle which we normally call the Bitcoin halving cycle. When you talk about the price going high and low at several intervals, you must be referring to volatility/price fluctuation. So yeah, with a precise strategy for accumulating Bitcoin you shouldn't be bothered if the market is fluctuating or not.

.And then also it’s not always about the size of one's investments but the discipline to keep going and not quitting halfway, that’s where the real success comes......

I totally disagree with you here. The size of your portfolio will surely determine the amount of benefit you will get after a long period of time. The main reason for consistent accumulation is because you want to have a sizeable amount of Bitcoin in your portfolio. Dont forget, you might be consistent investing peanuts into Bitcoin while someone who lump sum with a huge amount 3 times in a year, in a 5 year or 10 years interval, there is every tendency that he/she will reap more than you.

I think I Agree with your analysis, actually the size of your portfolio is a very important determinant to what the profit you are expecting would look like and that's why it also very important that a combination of your large investment and long term approach must be in place if not there might not be a good profit in view at the long run.

If you invest in Bitcoin for a long time, the chances of profit will certainly increase a lot, but for this you should follow the DCA method to invest in Bitcoin. Then you will definitely be able to profit, if you invest in Bitcoin according to the DCA method, it is definitely possible to maintain your Bitcoin investment for a long time. So far, everyone who has successfully invested in Bitcoin for a long time is currently experiencing profit.
However, Bitcoin investment should be estimated at least up to two halving times (maybe 8 to 12 years or up to 15 years), it is best.

[Tonimez]

[Edited out]

If you invest in Bitcoin for a long time, the chances of profit will certainly increase a lot, but for this you should follow the DCA method to invest in Bitcoin. Then you will definitely be able to profit, if you invest in Bitcoin according to the DCA method, it is definitely possible to maintain your Bitcoin investment for a long time. So far, everyone who has successfully invested in Bitcoin for a long time is currently experiencing profit.
However, Bitcoin investment should be estimated at least up to two halving times (maybe 8 to 12 years or up to 15 years), it is best.

You are correct about how reliable holding your bitcoin for a long-term could guarantee higher percentage profits even though it is not all fixed. However, halving is just a stage in the bitcoin cycle which is an event that reduces the rewards by 50 percent of which I don't think halving period is the best time to sell even after holding for a long time. I would only suggest that a person holds through 2 or more bitcoin cycles not having even though halving is also a stage in bitcoin cycles and occurs at the growth phase. Accumulation of bitcoin by DCA could help someone to be self discipline. Choose a good DCA allocation that will be flexible for you and aim at a long time holding.

[Alonso_]

The reason for this is that market moves in cycles, sometimes it goes very high and sometimes very low,

Your explanation on Bitcoin moving in cycles is very wrong. The last time i checked, Bitcoin has a 4 year cycle which we normally call the Bitcoin halving cycle. When you talk about the price going high and low at several intervals, you must be referring to volatility/price fluctuation. So yeah, with a precise strategy for accumulating Bitcoin you shouldn't be bothered if the market is fluctuating or not.

.And then also it’s not always about the size of one's investments but the discipline to keep going and not quitting halfway, that’s where the real success comes......

I totally disagree with you here. The size of your portfolio will surely determine the amount of benefit you will get after a long period of time. The main reason for consistent accumulation is because you want to have a sizeable amount of Bitcoin in your portfolio. Dont forget, you might be consistent investing peanuts into Bitcoin while someone who lump sum with a huge amount 3 times in a year, in a 5 year or 10 years interval, there is every tendency that he/she will reap more than you.

I think I Agree with your analysis, actually the size of your portfolio is a very important determinant to what the profit you are expecting would look like and that's why it also very important that a combination of your large investment and long term approach must be in place if not there might not be a good profit in view at the long run.

If you invest in Bitcoin for a long time, the chances of profit will certainly increase a lot, but for this you should follow the DCA method to invest in Bitcoin. Then you will definitely be able to profit, if you invest in Bitcoin according to the DCA method, it is definitely possible to maintain your Bitcoin investment for a long time. So far, everyone who has successfully invested in Bitcoin for a long time is currently experiencing profit.
However, Bitcoin investment should be estimated at least up to two halving times (maybe 8 to 12 years or up to 15 years), it is best.

I will be more interested to know that bitcoin investment is not guaranteed with profit, that is why it’s more sensible to understand that while investing in bitcoin we should aim for investing in a long term sustainable investment, which can actually help us to buy and accumulate bitcoin and hodl bitcoin for a long term, which will help us stand more chance of getting more successful bitcoin investment, I would understand when someone says profit isn’t guaranteed while investing in bitcoin, but instead it’s more profitable to invest in bitcoin for a long term investment goals.

[Popkon6]

I will be more interested to know that bitcoin investment is not guaranteed with profit, that is why it’s more sensible to understand that while investing in bitcoin we should aim for investing in a long term sustainable investment, which can actually help us to buy and accumulate bitcoin and hodl bitcoin for a long term, which will help us stand more chance of getting more successful bitcoin investment, I would understand when someone says profit isn’t guaranteed while investing in bitcoin, but instead it’s more profitable to invest in bitcoin for a long term investment goals.

To invest in Bitcoin for the long term, you must take some steps, for this you must follow the DCA method because Bitcoin investment is best and easiest to hold for a long time only through the DCA method. And to maintain Bitcoin investment for a long time, it definitely requires emergency funds and discretionary income, because the more you can invest in Bitcoin using the DCA method, the more you will save on your purchase price.
If you think about profit at the beginning of Bitcoin investment, then you will not be able to maintain your Bitcoin investment for a long time, so if you achieve a small benefit in the middle of Bitcoin investment, you can leave Bitcoin investment for profit. However, you should know that if you hold Bitcoin investment for a long time and wait, you will definitely be able to profit.

[Princess Leah]

Again lump summing in a dip doesn't stop DCA, like the investor from the description I gave above that has kept a part of his initial discretionary income from start for buying dips, he could continue with DCA and use the funds he already set aside to buy the dip when it comes by. Good thing you can still save up around 20% of your regular buy amount steadily for the purpose of buying dips and keep investing the other 80% into Bitcoin, so that by the time a dip shows up, you've enough funds to lump sum and get more quantities for yourself while your DCA remains not altered.

Talking about the lump sum, I see that people get confused about it a lot so I'll just add to what you've said concerning it, the lumpsum in general doesn't stop anyone from doing the DCA whether the person is rich or not. Also, it doesn't mean that someone who earn less income would have to wait for the dip before they do the lump sum, it can be done anything when an investor who doesn't earn much recieve extra cash, maybe a cash gift or so.

 One thing I know for sure is that so far you're doing the DCA you'll still encounter many dips and still get opportunity to buy more during those period, so if an investors income provides the opportunity to save extra cash to do the DCA and still accumulate aggressively (lump sum) during dips then it's never a bad idea to do so, it would only be bad when they wait for the dip to only accumulate Bitcoin.

[ruykeri]

I will be more interested to know that bitcoin investment is not guaranteed with profit, that is why it’s more sensible to understand that while investing in bitcoin we should aim for investing in a long term sustainable investment, which can actually help us to buy and accumulate bitcoin and hodl bitcoin for a long term, which will help us stand more chance of getting more successful bitcoin investment, I would understand when someone says profit isn’t guaranteed while investing in bitcoin, but instead it’s more profitable to invest in bitcoin for a long term investment goals.

To invest in Bitcoin for the long term, you must take some steps, for this you must follow the DCA method because Bitcoin investment is best and easiest to hold for a long time only through the DCA method. And to maintain Bitcoin investment for a long time, it definitely requires emergency funds and discretionary income, because the more you can invest in Bitcoin using the DCA method, the more you will save on your purchase price.
If you think about profit at the beginning of Bitcoin investment, then you will not be able to maintain your Bitcoin investment for a long time, so if you achieve a small benefit in the middle of Bitcoin investment, you can leave Bitcoin investment for profit. However, you should know that if you hold Bitcoin investment for a long time and wait, you will definitely be able to profit.

You are right, in fact, the strategy of investing by following the DCA method is much safer than any other type of investment. For those whose income is limited and some money is saved after a month, DCA is the most effective way to invest for them. And investing for a long time should be the main goal of all investors. Many people invest in the lump sum method, most of them have the main goal of buying Bitcoin in dips. They face many problems due to which they cannot continue investing for a long time. And if they invest by following DCA, there is no financial and mental pressure. The one who invests by following DCA will be able to buy Bitcoin when the price is low and high on average. In addition, if he forms an emergency fund and a reserve fund, then it is possible to continue this investment for a long time.

[Hewlet]

Again lump summing in a dip doesn't stop DCA, like the investor from the description I gave above that has kept a part of his initial discretionary income from start for buying dips, he could continue with DCA and use the funds he already set aside to buy the dip when it comes by. Good thing you can still save up around 20% of your regular buy amount steadily for the purpose of buying dips and keep investing the other 80% into Bitcoin, so that by the time a dip shows up, you've enough funds to lump sum and get more quantities for yourself while your DCA remains not altered.

One thing I know for sure is that so far you're doing the DCA you'll still encounter many dips and still get opportunity to buy more during those period, so if an investors income provides the opportunity to save extra cash to do the DCA and still accumulate aggressively (lump sum) during dips then it's never a bad idea to do so, it would only be bad when they wait for the dip to only accumulate Bitcoin.

The only people i think have the logical standing to effectively do lump sum and even buy the DIP in some occasion are those that are either whales or institutional investors that have enough resource to play around so many investment strategy at a time. if you are not disposed  to lump sum, buying bitcoin using the DCA method should be the go-to for you because it allows you to experience all the accumulation model that is available for an investor to use.

DCA is just like the strategy that every investor can comfortably practice regardless of his financial ability either you are financially strong, or financially weak or even constrained in any way, you can still find a way to buy when the resource is available and even if the amount for your DCA is not much, if you patiently do it over a long period of time, you will find yourself growing that little resource into something big rather than waiting to buy lump sum during a set out DIP that might never come.

[bitcoin_mining]

This is the main reason why a bitcoin investor shouldn't invest beyond his discretionary but from his discretionary income so that, he can continue hodli and keep his bitcoin accumulation ongoing with persist and consistent for 4-10 years and above

To own Bitcoin, you need to be patient and invest consistently without rushing. Because it does not depend on the amount of money, but rather on its consistency and permanence. This method gives more success than trading.

Because buying and selling for a small profit is like gambling. And if a person does not trade after investing, he will be financially well. When Bitcoin reaches a price, after reaching it, it starts fluctuating in the price around it. Therefore, many people decide to sell it, considering it the highest price. After selling at the highest price and later seeing a new ATH, the selling price seems too small.

In this way, many investors fail even after thinking of depositing for a long period. Therefore, if you want to hold on to success tightly, you can never touch the portfolio. And in this way, a person can enjoy the compound interest of his investment.

Patience and then consistency is the backbone of being successful in your Bitcoin journey. The reason for this is that market moves in cycles, sometimes it goes very high and sometimes very low, but what pays off at the end is the discipline to keep stacking little by little without panicking......And then also it’s not always about the size of one's investments but the discipline to keep going and not quitting halfway, that’s where the real success comes...... That why I keep telling most new investors that "an investor who invest only 10% of his discretionary and does it consistently and then with a mindset of patience is far more better than an investor who invest 50% of his discretionary, but does so only when he feels like( no consistency)."

I would like to add another important point to this, which is to plan for a long term investment. Most of the time we see an investor start investing but after holding Bitcoin for a few days, he does not continue the investment consistently, as a result of which he sells his investment due to financial needs or any other reason, which does not fulfill the desired purpose of the investment. First of all, we will start investing in Bitcoin and will continue to do this investment consistently and in the middle of investing, we have to set a target that we will keep the investment for three years or four years or five years and during this time we will continuously invest in Bitcoin. Maybe initially, continuing the investment consistently will be difficult for new investors, but gradually this continuous investment will become a habit for him, as a result of which later it will be seen that he is able to keep his investment for a long time.

[Gallar]

If you invest in Bitcoin for a long time, the chances of profit will certainly increase a lot, but for this you should follow the DCA method to invest in Bitcoin. Then you will definitely be able to profit, if you invest in Bitcoin according to the DCA method, it is definitely possible to maintain your Bitcoin investment for a long time. So far, everyone who has successfully invested in Bitcoin for a long time is currently experiencing profit.
However, Bitcoin investment should be estimated at least up to two halving times (maybe 8 to 12 years or up to 15 years), it is best.

Yes you are right friend, but in my opinion it is not only the DCA technique that will make long-term investors in bitcoin potentially profitable, but other buying methods I think will be equally profitable if hodl in the long run. Because the point is that hodl plays the most important role, whatever the purchase strategy is. Because even bitcoin investors who do DCA if for example he is not strong in long-term hodl, of course the potential for success is also less than maximum. That's why whatever the purchase strategy is we must be able to hodl the bitcoin we have for the long term. But it cannot be denied that by implementing the DCA strategy and also long-term hodl, it will make our bitcoin investment much more leverage. Because DCA is a periodic purchase strategy, so that's what will make us able to get the maximum profit from the bitcoin investment that we hodl. So the point is we have to keep the spirit to hodl the bitcoin we have.

[CageMabok]

I will be more interested to know that bitcoin investment is not guaranteed with profit, that is why it’s more sensible to understand that while investing in bitcoin we should aim for investing in a long term sustainable investment, which can actually help us to buy and accumulate bitcoin and hodl bitcoin for a long term, which will help us stand more chance of getting more successful bitcoin investment, I would understand when someone says profit isn’t guaranteed while investing in bitcoin, but instead it’s more profitable to invest in bitcoin for a long term investment goals.

Most investors who continue to invest in Bitcoin do so because they already love it and are aware that Bitcoin has a limited supply, with a limited supply of only 21 million. Therefore, it's highly likely that the price will increase with widespread adoption and an increase in buyers. This is a well-known fact that Bitcoin's price will continue to rise over time, even though every cycle brings surprises with new ATHs in the market. However, investors who continue to invest in Bitcoin solely for this reason, their enthusiasm for long-term investment will never wane.

I also hope that over time, Bitcoin investors will continue to grow, so that demand for Bitcoin will continue to rise, which will certainly prevent the price from falling further. However, for now, Bitcoin remains at a very reasonable price point to continue buying, as many believe it will surpass $120,000 again and even reach $130,000 this year.

[ChocolateBitcoinK]

I will be more interested to know that bitcoin investment is not guaranteed with profit, that is why it’s more sensible to understand that while investing in bitcoin we should aim for investing in a long term sustainable investment, which can actually help us to buy and accumulate bitcoin and hodl bitcoin for a long term, which will help us stand more chance of getting more successful bitcoin investment, I would understand when someone says profit isn’t guaranteed while investing in bitcoin, but instead it’s more profitable to invest in bitcoin for a long term investment goals.

To invest in Bitcoin for the long term, you must take some steps, for this you must follow the DCA method because Bitcoin investment is best and easiest to hold for a long time only through the DCA method. And to maintain Bitcoin investment for a long time, it definitely requires emergency funds and discretionary income, because the more you can invest in Bitcoin using the DCA method, the more you will save on your purchase price.
If you think about profit at the beginning of Bitcoin investment, then you will not be able to maintain your Bitcoin investment for a long time, so if you achieve a small benefit in the middle of Bitcoin investment, you can leave Bitcoin investment for profit. However, you should know that if you hold Bitcoin investment for a long time and wait, you will definitely be able to profit.

When you invest for the long term, you cannot worry about short-term volatility, patience, planning and discipline are essential to make Bitcoin investment successful in the long term. Market fluctuations are only short-term, but if someone is too scared or greedy and decides to sell the investment in panic after making small profits, then he is definitely wrong, ignoring all these, you just have to stay consistent with your long-term goals, create a good source of income and then invest only from discretionary income, and keep an emergency fund, the decision to sell can never be taken under any circumstances, then the big opportunity in the future will be missed. So those who can hold for the long term, those who can achieve real Bitcoin success.

[Stormisover]

Again lump summing in a dip doesn't stop DCA, like the investor from the description I gave above that has kept a part of his initial discretionary income from start for buying dips, he could continue with DCA and use the funds he already set aside to buy the dip when it comes by. Good thing you can still save up around 20% of your regular buy amount steadily for the purpose of buying dips and keep investing the other 80% into Bitcoin, so that by the time a dip shows up, you've enough funds to lump sum and get more quantities for yourself while your DCA remains not altered.

One thing I know for sure is that so far you're doing the DCA you'll still encounter many dips and still get opportunity to buy more during those period, so if an investors income provides the opportunity to save extra cash to do the DCA and still accumulate aggressively (lump sum) during dips then it's never a bad idea to do so, it would only be bad when they wait for the dip to only accumulate Bitcoin.

The only people i think have the logical standing to effectively do lump sum and even buy the DIP in some occasion are those that are either whales or institutional investors that have enough resource to play around so many investment strategy at a time. if you are not disposed  to lump sum, buying bitcoin using the DCA method should be the go-to for you because it allows you to experience all the accumulation model that is available for an investor to use.

DCA is just like the strategy that every investor can comfortably practice regardless of his financial ability either you are financially strong, or financially weak or even constrained in any way, you can still find a way to buy when the resource is available and even if the amount for your DCA is not much, if you patiently do it over a long period of time, you will find yourself growing that little resource into something big rather than waiting to buy lump sum during a set out DIP that might never come.

I don't think if this statement is correct, the waiting strategy to buy Bitcoin dip is known as buying the dip strategy where the Lump sum strategy has it's own distinctive function as a strategy on it's own, which implies buying Bitcoin with a larger amount of money at once rather than splitting it, such action of buying Bitcoin with the lump sum strategy gives no respect or regard to the market conditions but more like the investors decision to make use of the available huge amount to buy Bitcoin at a go, there is distinctive difference between buying the dip and lump sum.

[Ruttoshi]

The only people i think have the logical standing to effectively do lump sum and even buy the DIP in some occasion are those that are either whales or institutional investors that have enough resource to play around so many investment strategy at a time.

No, you are getting it twisted. Anyone can buy bitcoin with lump sum or buy the dip not only the rich can use these methods since all three methods is for all bitcoin investors irrespective of your financial strength. A poor man or average man with a regular discretionary income can start his bitcoin investment with DCA method to be his bitcoin accumulation ongoing and at the same time set up a reserve funds after he has put in place his emergency funds. One of the purposes of reserve funds is to buy at the dip.

Whenever, there is a dip the investor can take some money from his reserve funds to buy at the dip. Furthermore, you don't need a very big amount of money before you can lump sum because lump sum means buying once right away. A poor man or an average investor like I used on my example above can be given bonus at work and he chooses to use all the money to buy bitcoin right away or some part of the money, he has lump sum.

DCA is just like the strategy that every investor can comfortably practice regardless of his financial ability either you are financially strong, or financially weak or even constrained in any way,

If I am financially strong, I wouldn't just sit down and use only DCA strategy to accumulate bitcoin rather, I will mix all three strategies in other to accumulate as many bitcoin as possible during the period of time that I can afford it. I will even buy aggressively and front load my bitcoin investment now that the price is cheap. Instead, of sticking to a very slow pattern of accumulating bitcoin overtime time since the price of bitcoin also increases overtime.

you can still find a way to buy when the resource is available and even if the amount for your DCA is not much, if you patiently do it over a long period of time, you will find yourself growing that little resource into something big rather than waiting to buy lump sum during a set out DIP that might never come.

It becomes a problem when you are waiting to gather funds in order for you to lump sum or waiting fo a dip to come before you buy bitcoin when you already have your discretionary available. You will end up waiting in vain wasting the precious time of starting your Bitcoin investment to a certain level. This is where DCA plays a major role of giving you the opportunity to buy and pile up your bitcoin gradually overtime instead of waiting in the ball park confused and hopeless.

It does not matter how much that you are using to DCA even though, it's as low as $10 and above, your consistency and persistently buying bitcoin for 4-10 years and above will take your bitcoin portfolio very far beyond your expectations.

[Nightwatchmare]

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With same investment capital, you can invest gradually or aggressively, it's my thinking, that means I disagree with you.

Investment aggressively or not, it does not require to have extra (additional) source of income or investment capital. It's only matter that whether you want to DCA gradually or want to purchase bitcoins aggressively. Assuming with same investment capital as $1,000, you can gradually DCA in 10 months or your can purchase bitcoins more aggressively in 5 months or 3 months or 2 months.

Of course with DCA strategy, it's always better if you can have regular investment purchases and can have new investment capital with time rather than 100% rely on your investment capital at beginning and plan how to use it with time. Like you can start with $1,000 investment capital, plan to use it for purchasing bitcoins in 10 months, but it's better if with time, each month you can save part of your income and have like $50 or $100 more new investment capital. That will sum up your investment capital to bigger than $1,000 with months.

If a person has lump sum available, such as $1k to get started, and maybe  he has an income in which he can buy $100 per week in bitcoin, then with the extra $1k, he does not need to invest through DCA, he could buy right away and/or he could buy at the dip (if the dip happens), so he has choices of the three different styles, and DCA is not always better if you already have a lump sum of cash come available to you.  One of the reasons that so many people use DCA is because it is much easier to tailor some kind of a buying amount that goes along with their regular income coming in and their expenses, and so DCA also will allow an adjustment every week or whatever period that a person chooses to buy bitcoin under that kind of an approach/practice.

I think the aspect of discretionary funds discussed by you is very accurate. You do not need extra money to be aggressive in your investments but the extent depends on the level of risk that you can afford to undertake using the funds that you would not mind losing. You can either DCA or buy more aggressively using your existing discretionary capital depending upon your level of comfort and the market environment.

DCA is effective in the process of averaging against volatility and putting purchases in an ordinary income stream, however, when you have a lump sum, it may be worthwhile to buy on the downside or buy more actively. It all depends on whether you have an effective plan and with a clear plan, you should not touch on monies that are likely to impact on your necessities. Basically, both strategies can be applied using the same capital, it is primarily a matter of timing, risk-taking, and disciplineness when using discretionary funds.

As far as Bitcoin investment is concerned, any amount you are using to accumulate Bitcoin is your own level of aggressive buy and you don't need extra money to be aggressive in your investment, but you can increase your level of aggressive buy from time to time if you have a bigger discretionary income or you win a lottery along your accumulation process. Any investor that is buying Bitcoin with $10,000 at a go on the downside of the market isn't buying Bitcoin with a lump sum, but with the buying the dip strategy because lump sum is all about buying Bitcoin straight away with a huge amount of money whether the market is on a bullish or bearish.

[ejikeme24]

Yes you are right friend, but in my opinion it is not only the DCA technique that will make long-term investors in bitcoin potentially profitable, but other buying methods I think will be equally profitable if hodl in the long run.

DCA method has absolutely nothing to do with your future profit, is just a strategy meant for bitcoin accumulation this strategy is mostly used by those new Investors and also those that can't afford to buy in lump. Moreover some people feel that doing the DCA is less stress than buying in lump since DCA gives them the opportunity to buy with any amount, The only different between this two method is that a guy who is buying in lump is always faster than the  DCA Guy that's depending on your weekly purchase, but that doesn't mean that a guy who is buying in lump sum will be more profitable than the DCA Guy. Moreover your investment goal May be different from the guy that is buying in lump.

[7juju]

If you've a large discretionary income present, it's fine to lump sum since the funds are available. Personally, I wouldn't lump sum with everything at once. I'll like to divide the money into 3 parts, lump sum with the first part, use the second part to increase my aggressiveness in DCA and keep the last part for buying my target dip.

So I did lump sum some time back, but personally I feel now (hindsight?) that splitting the same amount into a DCA would have been a more effective approach.

I bought in Nov '24, as a lumpsum. Then in Jan/Feb I was happy but in Feb we got a bit of a dip - right up until April.

Conversely if I'd done a small amount in Nov, then bought DCA below my last buy price I think I'd have made a bundle more.

Situations like this are the reason why it's advisable for investors to always follow up their lump sum investment with constant/periodic DCA. Making a lump sum buy is good, but once in a while keep adding to your portfolio with dca. This will help you take more advantage of the drops that occasionally experienced in the market. Don't just make a one time lump sum buy and feel relaxed.

[ChocolateBitcoinK]

Yes you are right friend, but in my opinion it is not only the DCA technique that will make long-term investors in bitcoin potentially profitable, but other buying methods I think will be equally profitable if hodl in the long run.

DCA method has absolutely nothing to do with your future profit, is just a strategy meant for bitcoin accumulation this strategy is mostly used by those new Investors and also those that can't afford to buy in lump. Moreover some people feel that doing the DCA is less stress than buying in lump since DCA gives them the opportunity to buy with any amount, The only different between this two method is that a guy who is buying in lump is always faster than the  DCA Guy that's depending on your weekly purchase, but that doesn't mean that a guy who is buying in lump sum will be more profitable than the DCA Guy. Moreover your investment goal May be different from the guy that is buying in lump.

Bitcoin never guarantees profit in any strategy, market fluctuations are always unpredictable, we have seen that Bitcoin fluctuates in the short term but in the long term it brings success to people, and this is why we should always invest for the long term, although we can never be sure of this, but since Bitcoin has always grown in the long term in the past, similarly we believe that Bitcoin will always continue to grow in the long term in the future, and because of this belief we should always invest for the long term. Now everyone may have a different mindset when it comes to investing, some may prefer aggressive investing, while others prefer consistent investing, now when it comes to investing, DCA is the best option, it always offers the best benefits, as investing through this strategy alone can completely avoid market volatility, which accumulates holdings at an average price, so the main thing here is your mindset, which strategy you choose should be determined according to your investment style, if you are thinking of holding bitcoin for the long term, then DCA is definitely the best for investment.

[Jostern]

If you've a large discretionary income present, it's fine to lump sum since the funds are available. Personally, I wouldn't lump sum with everything at once. I'll like to divide the money into 3 parts, lump sum with the first part, use the second part to increase my aggressiveness in DCA and keep the last part for buying my target dip.

So I did lump sum some time back, but personally I feel now (hindsight?) that splitting the same amount into a DCA would have been a more effective approach.

I bought in Nov '24, as a lumpsum. Then in Jan/Feb I was happy but in Feb we got a bit of a dip - right up until April.

Conversely if I'd done a small amount in Nov, then bought DCA below my last buy price I think I'd have made a bundle more.

I understand and share your experience, at sometime during my journey of starting my investment, I approached the market through buying lump sum when I had some money saved somewhere I had to use all buying through lump sum, and within a month there was a dip, and I was literally panicking, and I was actually feeling I could have approached the market through DCA by splitting the money, I felt like it could’ve been more an effective approach, because I know the volatility nature of Bitcoin, it will alway recover.

But I had to consider buying through the DCA on a weekly basis when I have my discretionary income, but I still didn’t stop buying through lump sum when I have more money with me, because I also felt like I wanted to front load my bitcoin portfolio and I was also getting aggressive and I was also trying to be careful.

[sotelorene]

I will be more interested to know that bitcoin investment is not guaranteed with profit, that is why it’s more sensible to understand that while investing in bitcoin we should aim for investing in a long term sustainable investment, which can actually help us to buy and accumulate bitcoin and hodl bitcoin for a long term, which will help us stand more chance of getting more successful bitcoin investment, I would understand when someone says profit isn’t guaranteed while investing in bitcoin, but instead it’s more profitable to invest in bitcoin for a long term investment goals.

To invest in Bitcoin for the long term, you must take some steps, for this you must follow the DCA method because Bitcoin investment is best and easiest to hold for a long time only through the DCA method. And to maintain Bitcoin investment for a long time, it definitely requires emergency funds and discretionary income, because the more you can invest in Bitcoin using the DCA method, the more you will save on your purchase price.
If you think about profit at the beginning of Bitcoin investment, then you will not be able to maintain your Bitcoin investment for a long time, so if you achieve a small benefit in the middle of Bitcoin investment, you can leave Bitcoin investment for profit. However, you should know that if you hold Bitcoin investment for a long time and wait, you will definitely be able to profit.

I agree with you on this, anyone who have this mindset of making profit at the early stage of their accumulation will surely not succeed in their investment journey because they will so much focus on the profit and they can take a little profit they will see because they will feel if they don't take the little profit that price of Bitcoin will dip and they won't see this profit again which is a wrong mindset and this is always exercise by traders and some people who disguise as an investor.

And lastly, Investment in Bitcoin is not just about holding for long term but also doing the necessary things that is meant to be done, such as consistent accumulation, growing your discretionary and keeping your emergency funds on standby to offset any emergency that will come up and also keep your wallet safe.