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DCA

Buy or sell the same amount of a token on a timer, bit by bit.

The DCA task form: buy or sell, the amount per trade and which wallet trades. No task is created.

DCA (dollar-cost averaging) buys or sells a fixed amount on a timer. You build or reduce a position bit by bit. No single trade moves the price much, and you get an average price over time.

Set it up#

  1. Open the token's terminal and click New task on the Tasks panel.
  2. Under Task type, pick DCA. It is in the Automate group.
  3. Choose Buy or sell. The default is Buy.
  4. Set Time between trades in seconds. Default 60.
  5. Choose the Amount type and the Amount per trade.
  6. Pick Wallets to use, then tick the wallets in the list.
  7. Set limits: a Market cap range, a Budget (buys only), Maximum trade rounds or Run for. All are optional, but without one it runs until you stop it.
  8. Click Create task, or tick Start immediately and click Create & start.
The DCA form: buy or sell, the time between trades and the amount per trade

The form and the card work the same for every task: see How tasks run.

How it runs#

  • The first trade comes one interval after the start, then one every interval.
  • With Timing variation (Advanced), each wait is randomly shorter or longer by up to that many seconds. The wait is never under 1 second.
  • Outside your Market cap range, a round is skipped and the timer keeps going.
  • If no chosen wallet can trade (no SOL to buy, no tokens to sell), that round does nothing.
  • It ends when you stop it, or when it reaches the Budget, the Maximum trade rounds or the Run for time.

Settings that matter#

  • Amount type — for a buy: SOL per wallet or % of wallet balance. For a sell: % of tokens held or % of supply.
  • Amount per trade — the amount for each wallet on every trade. Default 0.1. A percentage cannot go above 100.
  • Wallets to use — the default, Take turns, trades with one wallet each round, the next one each time. Every wallet makes all of them trade every round.
  • Minimum market cap and Maximum market cap — trade only inside this range, in USD. Empty = no limit.
  • Budget — the most SOL the buys may spend in total. Empty = no limit. It does not limit sells.
  • Maximum trade rounds — stop after this many rounds.
  • Slippage (Advanced) — how far a fill may move from the quote. Default 5 %.
A sell DCA slows down by itself

With % of tokens held, each sell takes that share of what the wallet holds now. So, below 100 %, each sell is smaller than the last. To sell the same number of tokens each time, use % of supply.

Real trades, on a timer

Every round is a real trade. It pays network fees and the platform fee, and it cannot be undone. A short interval with no limit can spend a lot: 0.1 SOL every 60 seconds is 6 SOL an hour, and more with Every wallet. Set a Budget before you start a buy DCA. See Real funds & confirms.

All settings#

Every option on the DCA form

dca
  • Buy or sellchoicedefault Buy
    BuySell
  • Time between tradesnumberdefault 60 seconds
    How long to wait between trades.
  • Timing variationnumberdefault 0 seconds
    Allow each interval to be shorter or longer by this amount. 0 = a fixed schedule.
  • Amount typechoicedefault SOL per wallet
    SOL per wallet% of wallet balance
  • Amount per tradenumberrequireddefault 0.1
    Amount for each wallet on every trade, using the amount type above. Percentages cannot exceed 100.
  • Wallets to usechoicedefault Take turns
    Choose which selected wallets trade each time.
    Take turnsRandom walletBiggest holderSmallest holderRichest walletEvery wallet
  • Minimum market capnumberoptional
    Trade only while the market cap is above this; empty = no floor.
  • Maximum market capnumberoptional
    Trade only while the market cap is below this; empty = no ceiling.
  • Budgetnumberoptional
    The most the task may spend (buys) or receive (sells); empty = unlimited.
  • Maximum trade roundsnumberoptional
    Stop after this many trade rounds. Leave empty for no limit.
  • Start delaynumberdefault 0 ms
    Wait this long before the first trade.
  • Run fornumberoptional
    End this long after the start delay; empty = until done.
  • Max supply per walletnumberdefault 0 %0–100 %
    Hard ceiling: a wallet already holding this % of supply is skipped instead of buying more. 0 = off.
  • Slippagenumberdefault 5 %0.01–50 %

See also#