# Intervals

### Introduction

The DCA schedules within the Strategy Lab are highly configurable.  The interval framework provides  an adaptive and interactive interface for drafting, modifying, and rehashing your trade ideas.  

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Click the 'Help' button in the DCA Configuration module for an in app reference of how intervals work and can be configured to specific ends.
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### Adding / Removing Intervals

Press the '+ Add One Interval' button to individuall add them.  For automatically adding a set number use the batch add interval module.  The max amount you can add is 59 (totalling 60 max)

<figure><img src="/files/Q4tSl19V8hejkv8fZ7dE" alt=""><figcaption><p>If you already have 30 intervals added, any number you add beyond 30 will revert back to 30 to enforce the max quanity of 60.</p></figcaption></figure>

### Percentages

The amount of input value allocated to an interval is set by adjusting their respective percentages.  This mechanism is equivalent to the output sliders used on the main asset selection module.  Percentages can be explicitly entered and also locked if needed.

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### Defined & Floating Intervals

Once an interval's percentage has been modified (either by individually adjusting it or adding it to a group — see below), then it will be marked with a white body color; this means that it is now *defined*.  This indicates that the percentage is locked and will no longer dynamically adjust around other explicity defined intervals.

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### Breakdown Preview

<figure><img src="/files/A1W04FOM1h5TpYnFm7Zo" alt=""><figcaption><p>Once you add price info for a given interval it will granularly break down the input and output details for you.</p></figcaption></figure>

### Repositioning

<figure><img src="/files/fsv0CpKIjIeYkwnPgVFp" alt=""><figcaption><p>Individual intervals can be dragged and dropped to reconfigure the schedule.</p></figcaption></figure>

### Grouping

Intervals can be grouped together.  this allows a user to set the price or percentage settings only once and propograte these paramteres to every other interval they select.

Apply to All — Propagrates the conditions to all created intervals

Upgroup All — Undoes all grouping to all intervals

Save Applied Grouping — Finalizes the changes that you have made

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### Limitations

* Intervals can only be as small at .1% each. &#x20;
* The value of each order within an interval must be greater than 1$.  This is to ensure trades are actually large enough to be reliably executed,
* Must have atleast 1 interval, and you cannot have more than 60 intervals


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