I agree, the truth is this makes me remember that on the Spanish board I said something like that and I didn't know that leaving some discretionary income to buy on the dip was a variant of the DCA method, because the DCA method consists of buying daily, weekly, monthly whatever the quota of money to accumulate, I thought that some other income to buy on the dip was another strategy or method and no, it turns out that it is the variant, but it is the safest way to do intelligent DCA work.
What you said about keeping separate money for buying in the dip is a variant of DCA. I don't think so.
Understand my point a little better. We all know that DCA means investing a certain amount of money at regular intervals. No matter how much the market rises or falls, while investing in the DCA method, the investor will continue to invest at a certain interval.
On the other hand, Buy the Dip is waiting for the price to fall and then buying. If the price does not fall, then it will be seen that there will be no buying. If you keep waiting for the dip and if the price does not appear, then you will not be able to enter the market. So in my opinion, if you have extra money, keep investing it using the DCA method. This will keep your portfolio growing.
Not as a variant of DCA, if you want, you can buy extra along with DCA if the market falls. This is an additional opportunity. But it cannot be called a variant of DCA. I think DCA is the backbone of investment and buying in the dip can be an additional strategy or opportunity.
I would not consider holding aside money to buy on the dip to be a variant to DCA, even though buying on dips could be a way to supplement DCA.
Buying on dips is not a variant of DCA because it is different. It does not guarantee buying right away and as soon as you have money, but instead it conditions the buys for if the price dips.
Buying on the dip may or may not happen, since in order for buying on dip to take place the BTC price has to go down to the targeted price level in order for the buy(s) to execute. If the BTC price does not go down enough to reach the targeted amount(s), then the buy(s) do not execute.
DCA can be designed to buy as soon as you have money coming in, and it is not conditioned on price changes.
You are right that buying on dips is not actually a variant of DCA. However, I think this discussion needs to add something important. That is time risk and price risk.
The DCA method reduces time risk. Because you can buy Bitcoin regularly as long as you are getting income. Whether the market rises or falls, you can gradually move your position towards success. On the other hand, people cannot buy anything while waiting for the dip.
On the other hand, buying on dips reduces price risk. Because you are waiting then trying to buy at a discount. But in reality, no one knows when the price will drop or even reach your target level. As a result, time increases risk. Sometimes the price just keeps going up. Then the investor cannot buy Bitcoin. He is left with only fiat. Which seems to me to be a hidden disadvantage. Because the sooner you can enter the market, the longer you can hold on to your investment. And the longer you can hold on to your investment, the more opportunities there are.