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DCA (dollar-cost average)

Status: Live | MCP tool: strategy_dca_create

Recurring accumulation of a target asset on a fixed cadence and fixed USD size -- the workhorse baseline strategy. Use it when the goal is steady exposure-building without timing the entry.

Params

Param Type Default Meaning
wallet_address string required Agent's managed wallet address.
target_token string required Mint to accumulate.
usd_per_buy float required USD spent each interval.
interval_seconds int 86400 Tick cadence (default daily).
source_token string "USDC" Funding token.
slippage_bps int 50 Max slippage per fill.
smart bool false Enable smart-DCA timing heuristics.

Direction (optional, all deterministic signals): direction_mode (auto | long_only | short_only | manual, default auto -- follow the detected market regime, reducing exposure in a bear instead of accumulating), allow_short (bool -- enable real shorts via the perps venue adapter), regime_override (bull | bear | range | volatile -- force a regime instead of trusting detection). All three are deterministic signals, not predictions -- DYOR.

risk (optional dict, all percent units, <= 0 disables that single guard; omitted keys keep the model's safe defaults): max_position_pct, max_portfolio_exposure_pct, max_single_loss_pct, max_drawdown_pct, max_daily_loss_pct.

Example create call

result = await client.call_tool("strategy_dca_create", {
    "wallet_address": "<AGENT_PUBLIC_KEY>",
    "target_token": "So11111111111111111111111111111111111111112",  # SOL
    "usd_per_buy": 10,
    "interval_seconds": 86400,
    "source_token": "USDC",
    "slippage_bps": 50,
})

A successful create returns strategy_id, strategy_type, status, schedule, and managed_signing (whether the wallet has a Turnkey signer -- false means each tick returns an unsigned tx to sign).

Policy interaction

Every create call runs through the same gate stack as a hand-built trade before it persists: rate limiting, identity/capability check, the per-wallet policy_gate (action strategy_create), USD-notional sizing against policy limits (derived from the USD budget param below), an idempotency check, and the platform kill switch. A wallet without a Turnkey signing key still gets the strategy -- each due tick returns an unsigned transaction for the owner to sign instead of executing autonomously.

Lifecycle

Every strategy type shares one lifecycle surface once created:

  • strategy_status(strategy_id, wallet_address) -- config, state, P&L, next tick.
  • strategy_modify(strategy_id, wallet_address, config_updates=..., risk=..., ...) -- retune in place without losing execution history; fields that define WHAT the strategy trades (target_token / source_token / tracked_wallet / venue / a composite definition) are immutable and refused -- cancel and create a new strategy to change those.
  • strategy_pause / strategy_resume -- manual pause and re-enable.
  • strategy_cancel(strategy_id, wallet_address) -- stop for good (terminal).
  • strategy_list(wallet_address, detail="concise"|"full") -- every strategy the wallet owns.

Full param docs for all six lifecycle tools: MCP tool reference.

See also