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Stock DCA calculator

Dollar-cost average the big names and the broad indices on real history — vs buying it all at once.

Stocks & indices

See what dollar-cost averaging into Tesla, NVIDIA, Apple, Microsoft, the S&P 500, the Nasdaq-100 or the whole US market (VTI) would have returned on real prices — next to a single lump-sum buy, with an inflation-adjusted view.

Same money in, same dates, no hindsight.

Stock & index DCA calculators

Questions

What is stock DCA?

Dollar-cost averaging a stock means investing a fixed dollar amount on a fixed schedule, regardless of price — you buy more shares when it's cheap and fewer when it's expensive, with no market timing required.

DCA vs lump sum for stocks?

Historically, for the broad market, lump sum beats DCA about two-thirds of the time because markets rise more often than they fall — but DCA removes timing risk and the regret of buying right before a crash. Try both above on real prices.

Can I DCA the S&P 500 or Nasdaq?

Yes — this calculator covers the S&P 500, the Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) and the total US market (VTI), plus individual names like Tesla, NVIDIA, Apple and Microsoft, all on real monthly history.

Does it account for dividends?

No — figures are price-return only, dividends excluded, so every asset (crypto and stocks) is compared on the same fair basis. The inflation-adjusted view uses US CPI.