2020 COVID crash

DCA through the 2020 COVID crash

Historical S&P 500 DCA through the 2020 drawdown — blind weekly buys vs SteadyGrow adaptive sizing.

2020-02-072020-12-25

$500/week · Weekly DCA · S&P 500

Contributed$23,500
Blind DCA value$27,691
Return+17.8%
SteadyGrow value$54,504
vs blind DCA+$26,813
Lump sum (same capital)$26,589
S&P 5002020-02-07 → 2020-12-25 · $500/week
 +$26,813 vs blind (+96.8%)Ended +96.8%
Blind DCASteadyGrow
$490$14.3k$28.1k$41.8k$55.6k2020-022020-042020-062020-082020-102020-12

What if your contribution wasn't always the same?

Blind DCA deploys $500/week every period. SteadyGrow keeps the same long-term habit but sizes weeks from valuation and regime — more when markets are cheap, less when they're stretched.