SOL dropped 35%+ over 45 days. We ran 3 DCA bot configs through it.
Here's what happened to each one 👇
❌ Config A — Too conservative:
5% step intervals. Safety orders never triggered. Bot sat idle while SOL bled. Ended up holding a single base order underwater.
❌ Config B — Too aggressive:
1.2% steps. 19 safety orders. Fully deployed in 10 days. No capital left when the real bottom came.
✅ Config C — Optimized:
3.5% steps + 1.15x volume multiplier + 2.5% TP Orders compounded deeper as the drawdown extended. Average entry kept tracking down with the market. Relief bounce triggered TP. Exited in profit.
Key insight:
Flat-size bots get trapped early or miss the bottom entirely. A volume multiplier lets the bot "front-load" towards the real low — where the edge actually is.
Same 5,000 USDT. Same SOL. Same 45-day bleed. The config was the only variable.
Backtest before you deploy. The slow bleed is the hardest market to survive — and the easiest to prepare for.