Bitcoin · DCA since 2018
$500/month in Bitcoin since 2018
What a monthly $500 dollar-cost average into Bitcoin would be worth today if you'd started in January 2018 and never stopped. Real adjusted closes, T+1 execution, no transaction fees modeled.
If you invested $500/month in Bitcoin from 2018-01 to 2026-06...
$193,025
grown from $51,000 invested over 8.5 years. +$142,025 (+278.48%)
Growth over time
Dashed: cumulative invested · Solid: portfolio value
Investment schedule
- Per investment
- $500.00
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Window
- 2018-01-01 → 2026-06-29
- Duration
- 8.5 years
- Number of investments
- 102× $500.00 each
Results
- Total invested
- $51,000102 × $500.00
- Final value
- $193,025as of 2026-06-29
- Total return
- +$142,025+278.48%
- Annualized (IRR)
- 30.18%/yrcompounded over 8.5 years
What 2018 actually was: into volatility
The 2018 starting cohort caught a year that finished slightly down — a rude introduction after years of steady gains. Then 2019 ripped higher, 2020 crashed and recovered in months, and the rest of the decade delivered one of the strongest stretches in market history. DCA from January 2018 has paid off handsomely.
For a Bitcoin DCA buyer who started January 2018 with $500 a month, the schedule pulled in 102 purchases through 2026-06-29. Total invested: $51,000. Final value: $193,025. That works out to an annualized return of 30.18% per year on the irregular cashflow series.
The numbers above use adjusted closing prices (dividends reinvested, splits applied) and apply a T+1 policy: when the 1st of the month landed on a weekend or holiday, the trade executed at the next trading day's close. Bitcoin pages execute on the exact scheduled date because crypto trades 24/7.
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