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qI agree with you that buying at the dip should be done with some unexpected funds that comes our way which we don't have plan for, and whether they come or not, our regular DCA continues. What I do is that whenever, I am given a bonus at work or traveling allowance, training allowance, or some incentives for motivation at work. I keep such funds without touching it so that if it happens that bitcoin price dips, I can take advantage of the dip and buy more. And if it happens that I don't have any extra funds apart from my monthly income, my regular DCA is what I do and focus on more weekly

When it come to accumulation of Bitcoin, we should always keep our DCAing constant irrespective of the market conditions. Expecially those of us that can't afford to purchase large quantities of bitcoin. Because if one have the mindset of always waiting for the dip before accumulating he or she will only endup missing out or having small quantities of bitcoin in their portfolio.

That's why is better to save some funds (which is known as reserve funds) in case any dip occurs one can purchase the dip with the use of reserved funds, and he or she can choose to spread it out or go all in with the reserve funds like lump-sum purchases.

And there are investors who made buying at the dip as there Bitcoin accumulation strategy and what if the market did not dip will they keep waiting? It will be better they use the DCA strategy and also buying the dip strategy together so that the DCA strategy can help them accumulate more Bitcoin at different price level weekly or monthly and also buy when the market is at dip with the help of their reserve fund. But if the investor is still a low coiner the buying dip strategy alone won't be a good Bitcoin accumulating strategy.

There may be absolutely no need for a brand new investor, and maybe someone in their first few years of buying/acumulating bitcoin to employ buying the dip strategies rather than sticking with straight-forward and regular DCA (which may well not even be sticking with any particular amount of BTC, but instead figuring out how much BTC to buy each week from the amount of disposable income that he has for that particular week, whether that is $100 or $10 or some other amount).

Yet of course, there might be some psychological reasons to hold some money aside for buying the dip, but it may or may not end up paying off because we cannot rely on dips actually happening or even happening to such an extent that it is even going to make much of a meaningful difference in a person's bitcoin journey, especially if the person might be new to investing and ONLY investing around 10% of his/her income so it could take a whole 10 years to have 1 years of income invested into bitcoin.. so it is difficult to understand and/or appreciate what value might have had come from buying the dip rather than just buying regularly and not changing behaviors based on factors that might be difficult to measure the extent to which there might have been any kind of advantage to straight-forward DCA.

You are correct me as a newbie I don't think about the dip at all I just keep investing using the DCA method, one thing about waiting for the dip as a newbie is that it will delay you and you may even wait and there will be no dip so is better one start investing and forget about the dip. All newbie should always choose a long term investment when it comes to bitcoin investment that way you won't bother about the dip, one thing I discovered recently is that those who use the DCA method in accumulating Bitcoin but still wait for the dip usually don't accumulate as many as those who is using the DCA method of accumulation and don't think about the dip.
Thinking about the dip will always slow your investment so is better you forget about it and focus on accumulating as many Bitcoin as you can because procrastinating about something you don't even know will happen in the next 2 years is very wrong it will always slow you down if we all have the mindset that there's nothing like dip in Bitcoin you will see how far we will all go this mindset of dip is really drawing a lot of people back especially newbies.

You are contradicting yourself and you don't fully understand what it means by DCA and buying at the dip.

The reality is that any investor that is accumulating bitcoin using DCA method to buy regularly weekly or monthly non stop, and he has built his emergency funds for 3-6 months and also have reserve funds, can also include buying at the dip to his budget should incase bitcoin price dips, but that does not mean that he is waiting for the price of bitcoin to dip before he buys, but he buys always with DCA.

DCA means using an amount maybe $10, $50, $100 or from your discretionary income based on your own case to buy bitcoin regularly weekly or monthly without skipping any one for 4-10 years. While buying at the dip is when an investor keeps his money in fiat and everyday, he is busy watching the chart and bitcoin price hoping to see a dip for him to be able to buy. The annoying thing with these set of investors who do not have enough Bitcoin and is waiting for the dip, always have their own price in which the want bitcoin to fall to be they will buy. So e of them will end up waiting till infinity without buying one Satoshi.

So there is nothing bad there if in your bitcoin journey, after two years or three when you have confidence in bitcoin and you have understand your cash inflow, which may/not have increased, you plan for the DOWNity and UPity of bitcoin price. However, a new beginner like you chiomaobi should only focus on using the DCA method to accumulate bitcoin in a long-term 4-10 years and above. Also don't forget that your emergency funds is very important for you to be able to keep accumulating more bitcoin weekly or monthly and hodli for long, if not you might sell of when it is not the right time due to unexpected emergency.

I understand DCA method very well what I'm trying to say is that there are a lot of people who engage in the DCA method of accumulation especially newbies but always stop at a particular time because they feel is better to wait for the dip some will wait for months and when they see there's no dip they start accumulating again using the DCA method.
I have a friend that is always doing this and the reason he always stop is because of this mindset of buying in the dip, a lot of people can't focus in the DCA method because they feel waiting and buying in the dip will be more better, I know of a guy that only invest 2 percent every month on his Bitcoin investment then keeping 20 percent so he can buy in the dip.
All this mindset will affect your accumulation of Bitcoin and those without this mindset will go more far than those with this mindset.
But if one takes his DCA method of accumulation seriously and also have a reserve funds which he can use to buy in the dip if it eventually comes I think that is more better it won't affect your accumulation journey.

Your friend does is using the wrong approach but stopping his DCA and wait for the dip. The reason why new beginners or investors who are in their accumulating stage should not stop accumulating is because the price of bitcoin waits for no man and as the days is passing by, no one knows what will be the next price of bitcoin. So consistent and persistent buying gives you an opportunity to buy bitcoin at various price and increase your bitcoin portfolio overtime, maybe 4-10 years so that you can have a good quantity bitcoin in position for the future.

If you are DCAing and you stop, feeling that the dip is coming, this is how your bitcoin portfolio will be stagnant, amd what if the dip did not come for a year, you will not buy bitcoin. It means that person does not understand how to go about his bitcoin journey in order for him to be successful. The seize of your portfolio is what will determine your profit overtime. It is good to forget about buying at the dip if it will distract you from your regular DCA accumulating way.