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What are people backtesting?
Anonymous, aggregated numbers from the backtests run on CostAVG: which assets people try, how often they buy, and how much. Nothing here identifies anyone.
Showing all time. Tracking since 13 Sept 2026.
Popular assets
Share of backtests
Bitcoin64.3%
Ethereum10.1%
S&P 500 (Total Return)7.4%- S&P 5005.6%
Gold4.1%
Solana2.3%
Monero2.2%
Cardano1.6%- Other2.4%
Frequency
How often people buy in their backtests
- Weekly41.4%
- Monthly38.8%
- Daily14.3%
- Yearly3.7%
- Every 2 weeks1.5%
- Quarterly0.3%
Quote currency
Currency the backtest is priced in
- USD92.1%
- EUR7.4%
- CAD0.3%
- GBP0.2%
- JPY0.1%
Typical contribution
Median amount per buy, by frequency (USD backtests)
- Daily$10
- Weekly$25
- Every 2 weeks$60
- Monthly$333
- Yearly$7,000
The median is the middle amount, so a few unusually large entries don’t distort it.
DCA vs lump sum
Backtests where DCA ended ahead of investing it all on day one
24.4%
DCA ended ahead; a lump sum won the other 75.6%.
Trending this week
Change in share of backtests, last 7 days vs the 7 before
Rising
- S&P 500 (Total Return)+5.7 pts(6.2% to 11.9%)
- Gold+3.2 pts(2.6% to 5.8%)
- S&P 500+1.3 pts(4.2% to 5.5%)
Falling
- Bitcoin-4.4 pts(61.1% to 56.7%)
- Ethereum-3.4 pts(14.7% to 11.3%)
- Solana-2.1 pts(3.9% to 1.8%)
These figures describe the backtests people chose to run here, so they reflect what visitors are curious about, not the market or what anyone actually invests. “DCA beat a lump sum” is about the start dates people picked, which tend to cluster around well-known moments. Past performance does not predict future results and nothing here is financial advice. Only user-initiated backtests are included, and numbers refresh about once an hour.
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