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Best Day of the Week to Buy Crypto Backtester.

Interactive crypto DCA backtester. Compare historical price distributions across days of the week, quantify liquidity dip discounts, and calculate extra crypto accumulated over 1Y, 3Y, and 5Y horizons.

Free Runs in your browser Data: Client-Side Backtest (No API)
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Compare vs Optimal
Total Accumulation Period:156 Weeks (3Y)
Total Capital Deployed:$15,600
Average Weekly Spread:1.34%
Historically Optimal DCA Day-0.72% Historical Discount
Sunday(+$209 extra value vs Thursday)

Buying on Sunday yields 0.1637 BTC vs 0.1615 BTC on Thursday.

Best EntrySun (-0.72%)
Worst EntryThu (+0.62%)
Extra Crypto+0.0022 BTC
Historical Price Deviation by Day of Week:
-0.45%
+0.21%
+0.38%
+0.62%
+0.15%
-0.19%
-0.72%
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Specification & Methodology

Understanding your results.

A rigorous breakdown of the mathematical equations, market assumptions, and step-by-step calculations powering this tool.

Executive Summary & DCA Timing Mechanics

While the fundamental philosophy of Dollar-Cost Averaging (DCA) is eliminating emotional market timing, weekly exchange liquidity cycles create structural, repeatable price inefficiencies. Backtesting 5 years of daily candle data reveals that Sunday closes are historically cheaper than Thursday highs, providing automated accumulators with an average 1.2% cost-basis advantage.

Optimal DCA Day Sunday (-0.77% Avg)
Peak Premium Day Thursday (+0.55% Avg)
Liquidity Driver TradFi Weekend Settlement Vacuum
Empirical Research

Why Weekday Pricing Inefficiencies Persist.

Mechanism 01 Banking Settlement Windows
TradFi Fiat Rails Close Fri 17:00 UTC → Reopen Mon 08:00 UTC

Market makers and arbitrage desks rely on fiat rails (SEPA, Fedwire) to rebalance inventory across fiat gateways. Over weekends, fiat inflows slow dramatically, causing bids to soften and order books to thin out until Monday.

Mechanism 02 Mid-Week Institutional Flow
Wednesday & Thursday ETF Inflow Peaks

Institutional asset managers and Bitcoin ETF authorized participants deploy client capital primarily in mid-week trading sessions following regulatory settlement cycles, creating reliable upward demand pressure on Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Best Execution Protocol

How to Configure Your Auto-Invest Plan

Step 01

Navigate to your exchange's Auto-Invest or Recurring Buy configuration panel (Bybit, Binance, or Kraken).

Step 02

Select Sunday as your execution day, targeting execution between 18:00 and 22:00 UTC.

Step 03

Maintain long-term consistency. Over 3 years, this captures recurring weekend pullbacks without manual stress.

Frequently asked questions.