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Zcash DCA calculator

What a recurring buy would be worth today. Uses Coinucation's daily close history, not a model; fees and taxes are optional below. What is dollar-cost averaging?

$100 weekly into Zcash since Jan 1, 2021 is worth $665,277 today on $30,100 invested across 301 purchases, a +2110.2% result with an average cost of $53.33 against $1,179 now. A lump sum of the same $30,100 on Jan 1, 2021 would be $620,470.

Value today$665,277+2110.2% · +$635,177 profit
Total invested$30,100301 purchases incl. $151 fees
Coins accumulated564.36 ZECworth $1,179 each today
Average cost$53.33vs $1,179 now
Annualised return+123.2%money-weighted (approx.)

Invested vs value

weekly $100 buys
Portfolio value Total invested Lump sum on day oneJan 2021 → Oct 2026
DCA vs lump sum
DCA value today$665,277
Lump sum value today$620,470
Difference+$44,806
Lump-sum entry price$56.9
Best and worst
Cheapest buy$18.32 · Jul 2024
Most expensive buy$1,546 · Sep 2026
Largest paper gain+$902,836
Deepest drawdown−$11,318

Purchase schedule

Every 38 weeks shown
DatePriceBoughtInvested to dateValue thenP/L then
Jan 2021$56.91.7487 ZEC$100$100−0.5%
Sep 2021$1110.8979 ZEC$3,900$3,370−13.6%
Jun 2022$62.351.5958 ZEC$7,700$3,737−51.5%
Mar 2023$32.163.0939 ZEC$11,500$4,383−61.9%
Dec 2023$29.813.3378 ZEC$15,300$7,826−48.8%
Aug 2024$42.462.3434 ZEC$19,100$17,293−9.5%
May 2025$40.482.458 ZEC$22,900$20,491−10.5%
Feb 2026$2060.4824 ZEC$26,700$114,698+329.6%
Oct 2026$1,3350.0745 ZEC$30,100$753,430+2403.1%
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Zcash DCA FAQ

Is DCA into Zcash a good idea?

Dollar-cost averaging spreads your entry price over time, so you never put everything in at a top, at the cost of giving up some upside when prices only rise. In this backtest $100 weekly since Jan 1, 2021 returned +2110.2% against +1961.4% for a lump sum on day one. Whether it suits you depends on your income, horizon and risk tolerance; this page is educational, not advice.

DCA or lump sum: which is better?

Historically a lump sum wins more often in rising markets because the money is exposed longer, while DCA wins when prices fall after the start date. The DCA vs lump sum panel above runs both for the window you chose, net of the same fee.

How are fees handled?

The exchange fee you enter is taken out of every purchase before coins are bought, so "total invested" is the gross amount you paid and "coins accumulated" reflects what the fee left. Recurring-buy fees on exchanges range from zero to about 1.5%; 0.5% is the default.

Where does the price data come from?

Coinucation stores a daily close for Zcash from Coinbase candles back to listing and CoinGecko for the last year, 2,131 days as of Oct 8, 2026. Today's value uses the price from our 20-minute sampler. Each purchase uses the close on its scheduled day; charts sample monthly.

What does annualised return mean here?

It is the money-weighted rate (an internal rate of return) that turns the sequence of purchases into today's value, so later purchases count for less time than early ones. It is an approximation and says nothing about future returns.

Calculations use monthly closes for charts and the daily close on each purchase date for totals. Past performance is not a forecast. Not investment advice. Ownership disclosure.

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