Dollar Cost Averaging is an investment strategy, where the goal is to minimize the impact of volatility when investing or when trading.

Volatility means the increase or decrease in prices over a certain period. So, if someone says “high volatility”, it means that the increase or decrease in price is very fast changing from high to low or vice versa.

Well, this DCA is a strategy to minimize the risk of volatility by trying to lower the overall average investment cost.

DCA is done by dividing the purchase of the investment instrument you choose with a smaller amount on a regular basis, or at the time interval that you have specified.

For example, assume you have capital worth two million Rupiah to buy Bitcoin. You don’t buy Bitcoin with all of that capital directly, but in installments of lower amounts periodically, it doesn’t have to be a lot, but it’s consistent!

Let’s say you buy Bitcoin worth two hundred thousand Rupiah every month, meaning you will regularly buy Bitcoin for the next ten months.

The benefits of Dollar Cost Averaging :

• Risk Reduction Benefits.

DCA avoids the disadvantages of lump-sum investments.

Lump-sum is the opposite of DCA, where you immediately buy a large amount at once. If there is a prolonged decline in prices, it can reduce your overall portfolio, when you use a lump-sum strategy.

On the other hand, DCA can reduce feelings of regret if something similar happens.

A declining market is often seen as a buying opportunity. Because of this, DCA can significantly increase the long-term portfolio return potential, when market prices start to rise

• Lower Cost.

Buying when the market price drops, ensures that you can get a higher return on value. Meanwhile, using the DCA strategy means making sure that you buy more securities when prices are down than you buy when prices are high.

• The Discipline Benefits of Saving.

The strategy of adding money regularly to investment instruments allows disciplined savings. But, remember! Use cold money, not kitchen money!

• Manage Emotional Investments.

The phenomenon of emotional investing caused by a variety of factors, such as making large lump-sum investments and avoiding losses, is not uncommon in behavioral theory. To that end, the use of DCA eliminates or reduces emotional investment.

A disciplined buying strategy through DCA makes investors focus their energies on the task at hand, and dispels news and hype information from various media, about short-term investment performance and direction.

So, how about it, do you think you are interested in trading with the DCA strategy?