What if · since 2019 · Gold

What if I invested $1,000 every week in Gold since 2019?

Historical result of $1,000 weekly Gold DCA starting 2019 — contributions, portfolio value, and SteadyGrow adaptive comparison.

2019-01-042026-08-28

$1000/week · Weekly DCA · Gold

Contributed$400,000
Blind DCA value$864,053
Return+116%
SteadyGrow value$780,803
vs blind DCA$-83,250
Lump sum (same capital)$1,345,966
Gold2019-01-04 → 2026-08-28 · $1000/week
 $-83,250 vs blind (-9.6%)Ended -9.6%
Blind DCASteadyGrow
$980$254k$506k$759k$1.01M2019-012020-072022-012023-082025-022026-08

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.