Spot accumulation
Buys the assets you choose in steps through a market bottom and holds them. No leverage and no shorts.
- Style
- Spot Accumulate
- Market
- Spot, assets you choose
- Direction
- Buys only
- Typical hold
- Months or longer
- Leverage
- None
- Plan
- Investor and up
The idea
Nobody can call the exact low. What can be recognised is a zone where an asset is cheap relative to its own history, and accumulation buys in steps through that zone: small on shallow falls, larger on deep ones.
- 1.Buys in steps as the market falls
- 2.The holdings gain when the cycle turns
| Asset | Cycle | Low | Our average buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTC | 2021-07 | 29,775.9 | 30,765.928 |
| BTC | 2022-11 | 15,773 | 18,945.012 |
| BTC | 2024-09 | 53,927.7 | 59,750.145 |
| BTC | 2025-04 | 76,297.9 | 81,105.912 |
| BTC | 2026-06 | 58,605.4 | 69,355.187 |
| ETH | 2021-07 | 1,785.04 | 2,265.361 |
| ETH | 2022-11 | 1,101.49 | 1,273.978 |
| ETH | 2024-09 | 2,223.7 | 2,504.678 |
| ETH | 2025-04 | 1,472.67 | 1,638.698 |
| ETH | 2026-06 | 1,566.97 | 2,060.262 |
| BNB | 2021-07 | 260.61 | 264.995 |
| BNB | 2022-11 | 230.74 | 230.528 |
| BNB | 2024-09 | 464.2 | 525.671 |
| BNB | 2025-04 | 531.25 | 558.104 |
| BNB | 2026-06 | 546.84 | 688.604 |
| XRP | 2021-07 | 0.528 | 0.566 |
| XRP | 2022-11 | 0.332 | 0.336 |
| XRP | 2024-09 | 0.431 | 0.458 |
| XRP | 2025-04 | 1.796 | 2.081 |
| XRP | 2026-06 | 1.005 | 1.135 |
| LTC | 2021-07 | 107.23 | 119.188 |
| LTC | 2022-11 | 50.36 | 55.28 |
| LTC | 2024-09 | 55.96 | 66.816 |
| LTC | 2025-04 | 69.12 | 70.705 |
| LTC | 2026-06 | 40.9 | 47.809 |
| ADA | 2021-07 | 1.053 | 1.089 |
| ADA | 2022-11 | 0.244 | 0.321 |
| ADA | 2024-09 | 0.312 | 0.335 |
| ADA | 2025-04 | 0.558 | 0.596 |
| ADA | 2026-06 | 0.144 | 0.212 |
| LINK | 2021-07 | 13.73 | 16.518 |
| LINK | 2022-11 | 5.474 | 5.893 |
| LINK | 2024-09 | 9.477 | 10.761 |
| LINK | 2025-04 | 10.918 | 11.677 |
| LINK | 2026-06 | 7.196 | 8.261 |
| DOGE | 2021-07 | 0.17 | 0.273 |
| DOGE | 2022-11 | 0.059 | 0.071 |
| DOGE | 2024-09 | 0.092 | 0.101 |
| DOGE | 2025-04 | 0.142 | 0.148 |
| DOGE | 2026-06 | 0.069 | 0.077 |
| BCH | 2021-07 | 398.23 | 428.375 |
| BCH | 2022-11 | 89.03 | 99.659 |
| BCH | 2024-09 | 294.77 | 323.364 |
| BCH | 2025-04 | 269.07 | 280.736 |
| BCH | 2026-06 | 190.27 | 347.091 |
| TRX | 2021-07 | 0.05 | 0.051 |
| TRX | 2022-11 | 0.05 | 0.055 |
| TRX | 2024-09 | 0.121 | 0.121 |
| TRX | 2025-04 | 0.212 | 0.218 |
| TRX | 2026-06 | 0.315 | 0.328 |
| ETC | 2021-07 | 36.52 | 39.753 |
| ETC | 2022-11 | 15.108 | 18.535 |
| ETC | 2024-09 | 17.286 | 18.676 |
| ETC | 2025-04 | 14.067 | 14.366 |
| ETC | 2026-06 | 6.235 | 8.274 |
| XLM | 2021-07 | 0.211 | 0.225 |
| XLM | 2022-11 | 0.071 | 0.077 |
| XLM | 2024-09 | 0.085 | 0.09 |
| XLM | 2025-04 | 0.221 | 0.221 |
| XLM | 2026-06 | 0.143 | 0.167 |
| ATOM | 2021-07 | 8.99 | 9.094 |
| ATOM | 2022-11 | 8.58 | 9.509 |
| ATOM | 2024-09 | 3.668 | 4.312 |
| ATOM | 2025-04 | 3.577 | 4.179 |
| ATOM | 2026-06 | 1.222 | 1.413 |
Backtested and hypothetical, not achieved with real capital. Past results do not promise future ones.
Each row is one market cycle: the asset's low and the average price paid. The closer the two are, the better. There is no win rate here because positions are not closed trade by trade.
When it does well and badly
- Long horizons and patience through bear markets
- Assets you want to own anyway
- Quick results
- Assets that never recover
In your dashboard
Choose the assets and amounts when you attach the style. You will see holdings and plans on Portfolio. It can sit idle for a long time, because outside a buying zone there is nothing to do.
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