§ The Index

Preset backtests.

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1. From the March 2020 capitulation

   $100 a week since the COVID low

   $100 weekly · 12 Mar 2020 → 29 May 2026

2. A modest stack, plainly

   $50 a month, five years

   $50 monthly · 29 May 2021 → 29 May 2026

3. Two ways to deploy the same dollars

   DCA vs. lump-sum: January 2017

   $50 weekly · 1 Jan 2017 → 29 May 2026

4. Six years through one cycle

   DCA from the 2020 halving

   $50 weekly · 11 May 2020 → 29 May 2026

5. The new cycle so far

   DCA from the 2024 halving

   $50 weekly · 19 Apr 2024 → 29 May 2026

6. Buying through the bear

   $100 a week from the cycle top

   $100 weekly · 10 Nov 2021 → 29 May 2026

7. Buying when nobody was

   DCA from the FTX bottom

   $100 weekly · 21 Nov 2022 → 29 May 2026

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