Buying Bitcoin at the worst possible time still makes you a Super HERO

[5W-KILO]

I haven't come across a similar post or topic on the forum that talks about the result investors get out of buying Bitcoin at the worst possible times so I feel this is the best time.

If everyone of us have close our eyes and bought Bitcoin at the every worst possible time since 2009 or 2010 I believe that we will all still be the biggest not in our cities or country but possible around the world today.

Why are people making a big deal out of when to buy Bitcoin? To me every worst possible time is also a good time to buy,  because when you zoom out and look at the big picture 🖼️ you will realize that it doesn't even matter.

DCA method will always win, so I am here to tell you that if you are beginner and you want to start buying Bitcoin, make sure you no one talks you out of buying right now or when you are ready, it doesn't matter, the best advice is you don't go all in.

Those who DCA since 67k in 2021 are big winners today, they did very well for themselves.
The years always counts, the years always brings more scarcity and value increase.
Focus more on DCA and not when to buy.

Day to Day play and week to week play are all playing to lose, look at the bigger picture 🖼️ Always.

[betswift]

Everybody has their own way of accumulation, and that's okay, but I too don't see it as buying at the -best- time of the cycle, or on every bottom / dip / etc.. Just doing it when I can and it won't hurt me.

[Catenaccio]

DCA method will always win, so I am here to tell you that if you are beginner and you want to start buying Bitcoin, make sure you no one talks you out of buying right now or when you are ready, it doesn't matter, the best advice is you don't go all in.

Those who DCA since 67k in 2021 are big winners today, they did very well for themselves.
The years always counts, the years always brings more scarcity and value increase.
Focus more on DCA and not when to buy.

DCA is a very good investment strategy for investors but investors must use their money wisely for investment, then DCA can help.
If they borrow money for investment, DCA can not help as good as it can with investors who use own money for investment.

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[Don Pedro Dinero]

The point is that if you look at it in perspective, there is no worse possible moment, so your statement is fallacious. If you understand that bitcoin is essentially deflationary, apart from its other characteristics that make it unique, you understand that in the long term the trend will be to appreciate more and more. Therefore, buying at the 'best' or 'worst' possible moment of the last year makes no sense if you have a decades-long perspective.

[Lida93]

Well, now this is one of many reasons we can all agree that there's no worst time or best time in buying bitcoin  if it's  for a long term hodling. Bitcoin is a valuable asset that has always proven to increase in price after a long time, and there are different strategies of accumulating bitcoin which is influenced by the individual's cashflow, you could either buy in lumpsum (going all-in) or DCA but the plan should be long term strategic hodling.

[mindrust]

“Be greedy when others are fearful, be fearful when others are greedy.”

Nothing has been changed ever since the first trading day in Wall Street. Buy low, sell high.

Everyone is panicking? That’s the best time to get in the game and get rich quick.

Everyone is panic buying? It doesn’t make sense to chase assets that went to the moon already.

In the long term though, dca beats them all. Going all in during a dip might bring far bigger returns maybe but dca’ing also buys you something else while still making you rich: peace of mind.

[Hewlet]

DCA method will always win, so I am here to tell you that if you are beginner and you want to start buying Bitcoin, make sure you no one talks you out of buying right now or when you are ready, it doesn't matter, the best advice is you don't go all in.

DCA method allows you to buy at the different market conditions ranging from the time the market is down to the time the market is up and also the time every investor os skeptical about buying because of how relatively unfavourable the market condition is. In the context that the worse possible time one can buy bitcoin os the time the market is down and that at such time, you're at an advantage that can yield the highest profit ever makes it reasonable to agree that buying bitcoin at the worse possible time is the best strategy that gives one an higher chance of reaching ones investment goal faster enough.

Apart from those that are fearful, if you're not fearful then any opportunity you have to buy bitcoin should be completely taken advantage of because that's the only way you tend to buy at the least price.

[d5000]

As always, everything depends on the time horizon you have.

Not everybody is a young healthy person who can wait 10 years for a decent return. And if we're talking about 5 years, then it already matters when you've bought.

But yes, with DCA you are mostly quite safe until now. You are however not that safe if you only buy at the peak of the bull markets.

Lowering volatility's effect on that is ambiguous:

1) If you happen to buy at a bad moment, you can't expect that a single bullish leg in the next 3-4 years will save your investment on its own. For example, in 2024 it was, until November, not clear if Bitcoin could hold its price above the 2021 peak of ~70k. It dipped significantly below several times.

2) On the other hand, if the price doesn't fall that deep anymore in "crypto winters", it could take less time to recover from bearish conditions. Confidence could build up, and it is certainly easier to HODL if you for example bought at 120k and the price looms in the 80-100k area for some years, as if the price dipped to 40k.

It is of course possible also that we eventually will see a longer bear market, for example something like the 2010-15 gold bear market. This could happen if certain stars align in a negative way (regulations, single events like hacks and bankruptcies, and uncertainty about adoption ...). But even that would not put necessarily put in danger the general bullish long term trend, which can be explained by the relatively static supply and a lot of remaining potential when it comes to adoption (see @Don Pedro Dinero).

[crwth]

Well, everyone who has done hard work to earn their money wants to make sure that the money they are investing is going to the right markets and is profitable. If you don't have the right timing, you'll probably get negative results. It's either that or you HODL for a long time.

Personally, whats important to investing in this asset is the risk management. The dollar reason why you would invest a certain amount etc. and the continuous buying and averaging should be calculated for.

[serjent05]

I take that the worst possible time you are saying is when BTC is at its peak yes? I read it on your example.  AS long as the investors is in for a long time, and they will possibly hold for a couple of halvings then they will still make it to profit.  But if they are in for just a month or two, they might end up at a loss.

The key thing for Bitcoin investment is having patience and long-term hodl.  This way, there is enough time for the market to build up and put the investment in profit. It is also great to average the cost of investment by buying at the bottom when BTC is at its bear market.

[katebrownell86]

I agree that looking at Bitcoin long-term makes timing less important. Since Bitcoin becomes more scarce over time, even buying at the “wrong” moment often looks good years later. Still, having a clear plan matters just as much as believing in it. Dollar Cost Averaging (DCA) is a smart approach because it takes emotions out of buying, but it only works if you’re using money you can leave invested for a long time without needing it back.

[Promocodeudo]

As long as long term is the goal, there's nothing like wrong time, every Bitcoiner that knows and understand the word long term and Bitcoin being a futuristic asset, will not have anything to do with the existence of anything called wrog timing, let's say I bought at $100k plus, and the price drop to $92k as it is presently to some people it means wrong time buying but to those that have a good knowledge of the history that keep playing around Bitcoin it is not wrong time because the price of Bitcoin will still rise above that price, i may not be immediately but as time comes, the beauty of Bitcoin is the futuristic aspect, to me I think that's the understanding every Bitcoiner should have.

[Adams0001]

Well, now this is one of many reasons we can all agree that there's no worst time or best time in buying bitcoin  if it's  for a long term hodling. Bitcoin is a valuable asset that has always proven to increase in price after a long time, and there are different strategies of accumulating bitcoin which is influenced by the individual's cashflow, you could either buy in lumpsum (going all-in) or DCA but the plan should be long term strategic hodling.

If you're capable of investing you should just invest without wasting your time to wait for others opinion before investing. They is not time to invest in bitcoin you can invest anytime and when the price increases you will get your profit easily without any issues, so invest when you have the opportunity to invest don't let any deceive you on your bitcoin investment no one can predict the market so know one will sayd that is how bitcoin will be in the next day or year so invest and leave it for long term and wait for your profit.

Everyone that are into bitcoin investment for long have been using DCA method to invest and that is what will minimise your risk without losing alot, anytime you have funds you can be topping your investment time to time and later you will see your investment is huge and when the price increases you will get better profit.

[Ruttoshi]

Slow and steady win the race. A thousand miles start with a step. This is how DCA works, you buy regularly with your discretionary income when it's available irrespective of the price of bitcoin, no matter how little it is. Before you know it, you will be surprised at what you have accumulated in four years.

Bitcoin investment is not a get rich quick scheme, it needs patience, sacrifice and commitment in order for you to buy, grow, increase and hodli your bitcoin for the future. The longer, you hodli, the higher your compounding value.

[Hatchy]

Day to Day play and week to week play are all playing to lose, look at the bigger picture 🖼️ Always.

Winning in this industry requires you have a revised psychology. You have to see things away from the regular view of others.
Many investors today are easily swayed or weak minded, which is why they struggle to profit from Bitcoin in the way the original, early holders did.
In the past, Bitcoin has dropped sharply right after hitting new highs, yet some large wallets have never moved. While you might think those owners are gone, the truth is that most of those wallets are holding Bitcoin for a better future. (Don't ask me when that future is, because I don't know.)

Most people panic and sell when they should actually be buying and accumulating at the good price opportunities the market offers. You might not realize it now, but Bitcoin is reaching a point where it may never trade at certain low prices again in the future.

[Y3shot]

I think many people are aware that buying Bitcoin at the lowest price is a very good opportunity, but so many people don't even know when the best time is because of their understanding.

There are many people who had the opportunity to buy Bitcoin low, but because of greed and fear, they missed out on buying. When the price of Bitcoin gets very low, some people think Bitcoin will go even lower and they wait to buy when it drops, because they feel that if they buy and the Bitcoin price goes lower, they will be at a loss. Buying low when you have the opportunity comes with a good reward in the future, but many are deceived by fear and their own understanding.

[Lorence.xD]

The problem is that it sucks that you could've gotten more value out of your purchase so even if you do want to soften the blow of ill-timed bitcoin purchase (which is admirable), the pain of making the wrong timing will still be felt especially for those that don't have the long-term mindset on them, they will feel the most frustration which can lead to them to even more difficult situation in the market plus we have to understand that it's their hard earned money from either their salary or business expendable profit so we can't really just shrug off the pain when those people purchase at the wrong price. As many of you here on this thread have said, I do agree that slow and steady is the best way but we have to understand that for that to happen, you should have that mindset even before being introduced to the bitcoin market.

[Patikno]

Essentially, no one can predict how far Bitcoin will fall, or this is what the OP meant by "worst possible time", but everyone can predict that Bitcoin has a very high potential for future growth. We can't be certain whether this is a bottom, or not. Therefore, we also need to ensure that the money we use to buy Bitcoin is money that won't be disturbed in the long term. So, you won't disturb it in the near future, and you can use any strategy, whether it is "All in", "DCA," or whatever, without worrying about potential losses. You just need to be patient, and wait for the Bitcoin price to soar.

Bitcoin is now not just an investment for small investors, large investors have also begun investing in Bitcoin. I am confident that in the future, Bitcoin adoption will increase even more than it is now, making Bitcoin even more potentially profitable. Bitcoin adoption has already reached several large companies, even countries. So, there is no doubt that Bitcoin will be very profitable.

[yhiaali3]

What you consider the worst time might be the best for some. While it's true that Bitcoin has dropped to $90,000, for those who bought long ago, this might be the best time to sell.

This is all relative. Therefore, the DCA strategy is best not only during the worst times, as you suggest, but at all times. Since Bitcoin has a long-term upward trajectory, it can be argued that any time is a good time to buy.

[Findingnemo]

I agree with the zoomout strategy and holding years will always pay off to the investors but at the same time we also need to be realistic the situation in 2009 is not same as 2025 so we should not expect a similar growth rate when we are holding it for a cycle or more.

Buying bitcoin at it's worst time means we need to buy when the market is bleeding, right? Then yes, it is the best time to buy Bitcoin because that is when we get them for a cheaper rate.