What if · since 2017 · NASDAQ 100

What if I invested $1,000 every week in NASDAQ 100 since 2017?

Historical result of $1,000 weekly NASDAQ 100 DCA starting 2017 — contributions, portfolio value, and SteadyGrow adaptive comparison.

2017-01-062026-08-28

$1000/week · Weekly DCA · NASDAQ 100

Contributed$504,000
Blind DCA value$1,417,728
Return+181.3%
SteadyGrow value$1,781,353
vs blind DCA+$363,625
Lump sum (same capital)$3,154,630
NASDAQ 1002017-01-06 → 2026-08-28 · $1000/week
 +$363,625 vs blind (+25.6%)Ended +25.6%
Blind DCASteadyGrow
$980$466k$931k$1.4M$1.86M2017-012018-122020-112022-102024-092026-08

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.