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DCA transactions so far: entry price, BTC bought, and portfolio value

Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Since the savings plan went live, every incoming transaction to the wallet has been logged and matched to a historical BTC/CHF price to estimate its cost basis. This is the first look at that log, and the format going forward: a short monthly snapshot of where things stand and what changed with the latest contribution, using numbers as of this post’s date. The full, always-current log lives on the Portfolio page.

Where things stand

As of August 31, 2026, 21 transactions have gone in since February 2025. BTC/CHF rose from CHF 50,726 to CHF 63,443 (+25.1%) since the last transaction, lifting PnL by +CHF 3,410. Portfolio value increased by +CHF 4,403 to CHF 18,007. Since inception, PnL is down −CHF 1,496 (−7.7%).

Metric	Value	Change since last transaction
BTC/CHF	CHF 63,443	+CHF 12,717 (+25.1%)
Average entry price	CHF 68,714 per BTC	−CHF 308
Cumulative BTC bought	0.2838 BTC	+0.01565 BTC
Cumulative CHF spent	CHF 19,504	+CHF 993
Portfolio value (CHF)	CHF 18,007	+CHF 4,403
PnL	CHF -1,496 (-7.7%)	+CHF 3,410 (+18.8%)

Portfolio value and PnL are marked at each transaction’s own date, so the “value” row reflects the BTC/CHF price on August 31, 2026 — not necessarily today’s price.

Cumulative CHF spent vs. portfolio value

When the blue line is above the grey line, the position is up overall; below, it’s down — this is about the running total, not any single purchase. See the Portfolio page for today’s live value and the full transaction-by-transaction log.

Setting up my Bitcoin savings plan

Mon, 20 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT

In order to implement my simple strategy of DCA, HOLD and Diversify (more on the reasoning behind it on the about page) I set up a Bitcoin savings plan. This post originally went up before the first purchase, when there was no track record to speak of yet — it’s been rewritten since, more than a year into actually running the plan, to state the rules plainly rather than mixing them with the numbers. The actual track record now lives in its own posts, linked below.

The plan

Automate it. The purchase happens on a fixed schedule, once a month, without me deciding in the moment whether it’s a good time to buy. Taking that decision out of my hands is the point — DCA only stays unbiased by market timing if it’s actually automatic, not just “usually monthly.” I run the recurring buy through Pocket Bitcoin, which handles the scheduled purchase itself. If you sign up there, feel free to use my referral code 37SNW2 — it gets you CHF 5 in Bitcoin once you’ve bought CHF 500 worth.

CHF 1,000 before fees, every month. A fixed amount, fixed currency, fixed cadence — no adjusting up when the price looks like it’s dipping or down when it’s ripping. “Before fees” is the number I’m committing to; whatever the exchange takes off the top is a cost of running the plan, not something that should quietly shrink the contribution.

Keep track of performance on a regular basis. Automating the buying doesn’t mean ignoring the result. Checking in periodically — how much has been spent, how much BTC that bought, what it’s worth now — is what turns “I set up a savings plan” into an actual record, and it’s the only way I’ll know if the plan needs revisiting.

Where the numbers live

This post stays about the rules, not the results. The actual purchase log, average entry price, and portfolio value are tracked separately on the Portfolio page, which updates as new contributions land. Monthly commentary on what’s changed lives in the blog, starting with DCA transactions so far.

Why I’m writing this down

Mon, 16 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT

I’m about to commit to a Bitcoin savings plan — buy consistently, hold through the noise, don’t put it all in one basket — and I’m writing it down in public instead of tracking it in a private spreadsheet. A spreadsheet is easy to quietly edit when the numbers get uncomfortable; a dated blog post is not. That’s the whole reason this exists: accountability, not advice.

The full strategy is spelled out on the about page. This is day zero — no purchases yet, no results, just the intent to follow through and let the record speak for itself.