What if · since 2016 · Gold

What if I invested $1,000 every week in Gold since 2016?

Historical result of $1,000 weekly Gold DCA starting 2016 — contributions, portfolio value, and SteadyGrow adaptive comparison.

2016-01-012026-08-28

$1000/week · Weekly DCA · Gold

Contributed$557,000
Blind DCA value$1,400,859
Return+151.5%
SteadyGrow value$1,600,430
vs blind DCA+$199,571
Lump sum (same capital)$2,240,965
Gold2016-01-01 → 2026-08-28 · $1000/week
 +$199,571 vs blind (+14.2%)Ended +14.2%
Blind DCASteadyGrow
$980$473k$946k$1.42M$1.89M2016-012018-022020-042022-052024-072026-08

What if your contribution wasn't always the same?

Blind DCA deploys $1000/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.