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.
2016-01-01 → 2026-08-28
$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
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.