Dollar-cost averaging (DCA)
Buying a fixed dollar amount of bitcoin on a regular schedule (for example, every week) regardless of price. DCA removes the need to time the market: you buy more when the price is low and less when it is high, smoothing your average entry over time. It is the default strategy the Buying Gauge assumes when conditions are mixed.
The Buying Gauge does not replace DCA · it tells you when to lean into or ease off your scheduled buys. A STACK NOW reading is a cue to deploy extra on top of the baseline DCA, not to abandon the schedule.
How to read it
DCA converts a timing problem into a discipline problem. A fixed dollar amount on a fixed schedule mechanically buys more coin when price is low and less when it is high. Its real value is behavioral: the schedule keeps you buying through the exact periods your instincts scream to stop, which is where most of a cycle's return concentrates.
On Galaxy Mind
DCA is the assumed baseline of the whole Buying Gauge: the tiers are phrased as adjustments to a schedule you already run, lean in at STACK NOW, stay the course at STACK, never abandon. The /stack DCA backtest lets you replay any weekly amount against the actual hourly price series, with one-tap 3-month to max-history windows.
Context
Backtests across bitcoin's history show simple weekly DCA beating the large majority of attempted market timing, primarily because timers miss the violent recovery days that cluster near bottoms. The strategy's weakness is symmetrical: it also buys through tops, which is exactly the gap the gauge's lean-in and ease-off framing tries to close.