DCA

DCA (dollar-cost averaging) buys a fixed amount of a token on a schedule, so you build a position over time instead of all at once.

Buy 5 NEAR worth of USDC every 12 hours for two weeks.

What it needs

• The token to buy and the token to pay with.
• The amount per buy, and a minimum below which a buy is skipped.
• The schedule and its time zone, with an end date or a number of buys.
• A total cap, plus fee and slippage limits.

How it runs

Each scheduled time is one slot. When a slot comes due, the agent gets a fresh quote, the Guard checks it, and the agent buys once.

• One buy per slot. A restart or a duplicate check never buys the same slot twice.
• On time. The agent wakes at each slot rather than on a fixed polling loop, and slots stay on their schedule however long an order takes to settle.
• No catch-up. If the agent was paused or a slot was missed, it doesn't buy the missed slots all at once. You review this before starting.
• Time zones are kept. Slots follow the time zone you chose, including daylight-saving changes.

The agent stops when its budget runs out or its end time passes. If the route or a fresh quote isn't available, it waits and tries again; a provider outage never counts as a failed order.

The agent page counts orders placed against the plan and shows when the end time leaves room for fewer orders than the budget pays for.