Solana DCA calculator: SOL vs Bitcoin
$50 a week into Solana from 10 April 2020, the first close in this data, to 7 October 2026 put in $16,950 and would be worth $237,545. The same $50 a week into Bitcoin would be worth $43,798, so Solana finished $193,747 ahead. Change the amount, schedule and dates below.
$50 a week into Solana from 10 April 2020 to 7 October 2026 put in $16,950 and would be worth $237,545 (+1,301.4%).
The same schedule into Bitcoin would be worth $43,798 (+158.4%), so Solana finished $193,747 ahead.
| Measure | Solana | Bitcoin |
|---|---|---|
| Invested | $16,950 | $16,950 |
| Worth on 7 Oct 2026 | $237,545 | $43,798 |
| Gain | +1,301.4% | +158.4% |
| Yearly return | +86.7% | +29.3% |
| Purchases | 339 | 339 |
| Held | 2,043.880 SOL | 0.525937 BTC |
| Average price paid | $8.2931 | $32,228.19 |
| Worst point vs cost | −32.0% on 15 Apr 2020 | −26.3% on 21 Nov 2022 |
Where the Solana data starts
The daily closes come from Yahoo Finance's SOL-USD series, which begins on 10 April 2020 and runs to 7 October 2026. Solana's mainnet beta launched in March 2020, a few weeks before the series begins, so almost all of its trading history is here. A plan dated earlier starts on the first close; purchases scheduled before it are neither made nor counted as invested. Staking rewards are not included: the figures are the price of SOL alone, as for every coin here.
Bitcoin vs Solana, by start year
$50 a week, the same dollars on the same dates into each, from each start to 7 October 2026. Solana finished ahead from 5 of the 6 start dates, Bitcoin from 1. The last column is the lowest the Solana plan fell against what had been paid in.
| Start | Put in | Solana | Bitcoin | SOL worst vs cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Apr 2020 | $16,950 | $237,545 | $43,798 | −32.0% |
| 1 Jan 2021 | $15,050 | $46,449 | $29,323 | −57.4% |
| 1 Jan 2022 | $12,450 | $28,084 | $24,535 | −73.6% |
| 1 Jan 2023 | $9,850 | $19,613 | $15,872 | −28.4% |
| 1 Jan 2024 | $7,250 | $6,577 | $7,949 | −55.0% |
| 1 Jan 2025 | $4,650 | $4,524 | $4,498 | −53.2% |
Start dates are not independent trials: every row shares the years after it, so the recent ones decide much of every older row too. Read the table as one history seen from several doors, not as a win rate.
What DCA did through Solana's drawdowns
Solana's worst fall in this data was 96.3%, from $258.93 on 6 November 2021 to $9.6518 on 29 December 2022. Bitcoin's worst over the same years was 76.6%, from 8 November 2021 to 21 November 2022.
A plan buying $50 a week from the first close was worth $466,130 at Solana's peak and $18,082 at the bottom — a 96.1% fall in the balance while the price fell 96.3%, because the plan kept buying on the way down. Even at the bottom it was still 154.7% above the $7,100 paid in, because the earliest purchases had been made so much lower. Its longest stretch below cost ran 34 days, from 2 May 2020 to 4 June 2020; the same schedule in Bitcoin spent at most 125 days below cost.
That is what a schedule does and does not do. It kept buying through the fall, so the plan came out of it holding more SOL than it went in with; it did not stop the balance falling. How long buyers stayed underwater on Bitcoin is measured start date by start date in how long Bitcoin DCA stayed underwater.
Common questions
- Would DCA into Solana have beaten Bitcoin?
- It depends on the start date. With $50 a week to 7 October 2026, Solana finished ahead from 5 of the 6 start dates, Bitcoin from 1. From the first close in this data, 10 April 2020, Solana would be worth $237,545 and Bitcoin $43,798. That is history, not a forecast.
- How far back does the Solana data go?
- To 10 April 2020, the first day of Yahoo Finance's SOL-USD series. Solana's mainnet beta launched in March 2020, a few weeks before the series begins, so almost all of its trading history is here.
- Are fees or staking rewards included?
- No. Fees, spreads and taxes are excluded. Staking rewards are not included: the figures are the price of SOL alone, as for every coin here.
- What did Solana's worst crash do to a DCA plan?
- Solana's worst fall in this data was 96.3%, from $258.93 on 6 November 2021 to $9.6518 on 29 December 2022. Bitcoin's worst over the same years was 76.6%, from 8 November 2021 to 21 November 2022. A plan buying $50 a week from the first close was worth $466,130 at Solana's peak and $18,082 at the bottom — a 96.1% fall in the balance while the price fell 96.3%, because the plan kept buying on the way down. Even at the bottom it was still 154.7% above the $7,100 paid in, because the earliest purchases had been made so much lower.
How this is calculated
Every figure on this page is computed by the same engine the simulator runs, from daily closes in US dollars — the feeds, their first readings and refresh times are on the sources page. Purchases are made at the close of the day they are scheduled for, or the next close when there is none. Fees, spreads and taxes are excluded. Nothing here is projected forward. The calculator above reruns that engine in your browser when you change an input; the result printed with the page is the same calculation, made when the page was built.