DCA New

A DCA order spreads a budget across several buys and adds a price boundary to the schedule. It is useful when you want gradual exposure without continuing to buy after the market leaves your acceptable range.

DCA waits, TWAP starts immediately

The first DCA buy is due only after one full interval and can run only inside the configured range. TWAP places its first buy immediately and has no price condition.

How the schedule advances

The range can use absolute prices or percentage changes from the current price. At every interval, QZAR checks the range before placing the next buy.

Setting	Meaning
Total budget	The most the order can spend
Range	The price band in which buys are allowed
Number of orders	The number of buys to complete
Interval	The time between eligible buys
Jitter (optional)	A random delay of 1–60 seconds added to each buy

Each buy is sized as Total budget / Number of orders. If the price is outside the range, the schedule waits without consuming a buy. It resumes when the price returns and runs until all scheduled buys have completed or the order is canceled.

Example

Suppose you set a 10 SOL budget, 5 buys, a 30-minute interval, and a price range of $0.80–$1.00. Each completed buy spends 2 SOL:

• At $0.92 after the first interval, QZAR places the first buy
• At $1.04 after the next interval, the order waits because the price is outside the range
• When the price returns to $0.97, the schedule can continue at the next eligible check

The order completes after five successful scheduled buys; time spent waiting outside the range makes the total run longer.

Set the range and schedule

Choose DCA from a token or pool trade menu, then set:

1. Total budget per selected wallet
2. Range in absolute values or percentages
3. Number of orders and Interval
4. Optional Jitter

For wallet selection, source tokens, execution settings, optional TP/SL, and submission, follow the shared flow on the Classic Limit Order page.

Keep the remaining budget available

Funds are not reserved. Every selected wallet needs enough source-token balance for all remaining buys and enough native token for execution fees throughout the run. One failed buy does not stop later scheduled buys.

Waiting or failed?

The order detail shows buys completed and remaining, amount per buy, current range status, and time until the next buy. Waiting for range means the schedule is intact but price is currently ineligible; Running means at least one buy has completed.

Use a wider range if volatility keeps interrupting the schedule, and check that Number of orders × Interval produces a useful minimum run length. A submitted buy still depends on route availability, slippage, balance, and fee priority at that moment.