§ Preset · Buying when nobody was
DCA from the FTX bottom
On 21 November 2022, bitcoin closed near $15,500 — the price level we now call the FTX low. The exchange had collapsed two weeks earlier, retail was leaving, and the press had moved on. This run buys $100 a week from that morning to today. It is the inverse of the cycle-top preset above: the same strategy, started at almost the opposite point. Reading the two side by side is a more honest version of the timing question than any single backtest can give you.
$100 weekly · from 2022-11-21 to 2026-05-29
$100 weekly · 21 Nov 2022 → 29 May 2026 · CryptoCompare · daily close
The Stack Report
What if you'd actually
stacked sats?
A historical dollar-cost-average backtester for Bitcoin. Pick an amount, a cadence, a starting date. The numbers don't lie.
Portfolio value, today
$28,727
Fig. 01 — Value vs. Cost Basis
Total invested
$18,400
Buys executed
184
BTC accumulated
₿ 0.388786
Avg. cost basis
$47,327/BTC
Your worst day on paper
−44.8%
$43,483 → $23,992
The story
On 23 Feb 2026, you were down 45% on paper. It hasn't fully come back.
If you'd lump-summed at the start
$86,265
+$67,865
Verdict
Lump sum won — but you also had to time it perfectly.
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