All planned strategies are counted as effective if they are long-term and consistent. All methods work but for a newbie like me I prefer DCA. Because it is more simple method and I find this method more effective method than other methods. Because adopting other methods requires knowledge and courage to make bold decisions. When do you buy? How much to buy? Not everyone has the knowledge and courage to make these complex decisions. But the DCA method does not require any complex decisions and much knowledge. You will buy a certain amount regularly, which will depend on your earnings. If your income is higher, the amount you buy will increase and if your income is lower, the amount will decrease. There are no complex calculations and no price implications. After holding for a long time (4-12 years or more) you can decide to sell or go long if your target is reached.
For the long duration that you mean, it has actually reached three cycles if one bull cycle is calculated as four years, but from the core point that you said it is true that the DCA method is still quite easy and also simple enough to be used by everyone which also includes beginners in it because they themselves can also make adjustments to the level of income they get when they want to buy Bitcoin from the routine income they get. Now the price of Bitcoin has started to move up again and has also passed the price of $ 63K today and I think that must have an effect from the interest rate cut by the FED which has been very prominent in the last few days.