DCA follows a schedule. Grid follows a range. Both begin with a defined budget, and both can produce losses. Practice helps you understand the difference.
DCA divides a defined budget into repeated purchases. Explore how a consistent schedule behaves as prices change.
Grid uses levels inside a price range. Practise buying lower and selling held quantities at higher levels.
These are different ways to organise entries, not different levels of guaranteed performance.
| Your decision | Scheduled DCA | Price Grid |
|---|---|---|
| What triggers an entry? | A chosen time interval | A price moving through a defined level |
| What do you configure? | Total budget, purchase amount and interval | Total budget, lower / upper prices and levels |
| What are you exploring? | How repeated purchases change an average entry | How repeated moves inside a range affect held lots |
| What can go wrong? | Prices can keep falling after repeated purchases | Price can leave the range and leave holdings exposed |
| What stays in your hands? | Your allocation and strategy controls | Your allocation, range and strategy controls |
For DCA: why does a repeated schedule suit the idea? For Grid: why did you choose that range? If you cannot explain the rule, use the guides first.
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