📐 DCA parameter optimization on $SUI — March 2026 cascade test

If you've ever asked, "What DCA settings should I use?" —

This backtest has a data-backed answer.

Same market. Same 5,000 USDT. Three configs. Wildly different outcomes.

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🔴 TOO WIDE (Test A)

Step: 5% | Multiplier: 1.0× | Max orders: 8

→ Position was never built properly. Missed the bottom.

🔴 TOO AGGRESSIVE (Test B)

Step: 1% | Multiplier: 1.2× | Max orders: 20

→ Capital exhausted before the real dip.

→ Zero dry powder at the lowest prices.

🟢 OPTIMIZED (Test C)

Step: 3.5% | Multiplier: 1.1× | Max orders: 7

→ 16 sessions | 44 orders | +20,647 USDT P&L

→ 84.72% sessions are profitable

→ Still had capital on the floor. Caught the V-bounce.

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Key variables that determined success:

1. Step size: Not too tight (burns capital early),

not too wide (misses accumulation entirely)

2. Multiplier: 1.1× scales into dips without front-loading

3. Max orders: A hard cap protects you from

deploying everything before the real bottom

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