RiskShieldDCA Order Splitter: How to Average Into a Position Properly
Laddering into a position isn't "buying more if it dips." It's a weighted-average calculation that feeds directly into your risk and liquidation numbers.
Dollar-cost averaging into a futures position means splitting your entry across multiple price levels instead of one — done properly, that means calculating the combined position correctly, including how it shifts your liquidation price.
The formula
A common, conservative split is 30% / 40% / 30% — a moderate first entry, the largest allocation in the middle where price tends to consolidate, and a smaller final entry reserved for a deeper move.
Try it yourself
Set your own 3 entry levels and weights — they need to total exactly 100%.
Worked example
That $63,710 — not any single price above — is the real basis for position size, margin, and liquidation.
Why liquidation moves too
Liquidation price is calculated from entry price. As your average drops below the original planned entry, liquidation drops with it. This only holds if every level actually fills — an unfilled DCA plan isn't a safer position, just a smaller one at your first price.
DCA is not a substitute for a stop-loss. Averaging into a losing trade without a plan turns small, controlled losses into account-defining ones.
Where this lives in the app
Set 3 entry levels and their weights — the app validates they total exactly 100% and calculates the combined average automatically. Flip the switch and that average overwrites the single Entry Price everywhere: Risk Report, liquidation price, and margin all recalculate instantly.