What if · since 2016 · NASDAQ 100

What if I invested $1,000 every week in NASDAQ 100 since 2016?

Historical result of $1,000 weekly NASDAQ 100 DCA starting 2016 — contributions, portfolio value, and SteadyGrow adaptive comparison.

2016-01-012026-08-28

$1000/week · Weekly DCA · NASDAQ 100

Contributed$557,000
Blind DCA value$1,784,692
Return+220.4%
SteadyGrow value$2,395,861
vs blind DCA+$611,170
Lump sum (same capital)$3,841,248
NASDAQ 1002016-01-01 → 2026-08-28 · $1000/week
 +$611,170 vs blind (+34.2%)Ended +34.2%
Blind DCASteadyGrow
$980$628k$1.25M$1.88M$2.51M2016-012018-022020-042022-052024-072026-08

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.