# What is NEON ?

The NEON Protocol is a decentralized, automated, and non-custodial/no-deposit DCA (Dollar-Cost-Averaging) protocol, making DCA easy and accessible for everyone. 

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NEON protocol has 5 key strength points:

1. Automated DCA
2. Non KYC & No deposit
3. Best Price
4. Any ERC20
5. Limit order DCA

### Automated DCA

Historically, Dollar-Cost-Averaging has been one of the most effective and least challenging ways to invest in a market. The NEON Protocol simplifies it further by automating the process. While past performance is no guarantee of future results, DCA has served early crypto adopters quite well.

For instance, had anyone started DCA-ing near the peak of the previous cycle (2017-2018), they would be enjoying a +406% return on their BTC DCA today, even after the last market drawdown. (This is assuming a starting date of 01.01.2018 and a final date of 06.21.2018).

### No deposit

NEON never requires users to deposit funds. Funds are only withdrawn from users' wallets when trades or DCAs need to occur, and the purchased tokens are immediately returned.

### Best Price

NEON is committed to providing the best available price by leveraging [DeFi AMM Aggregators](https://nkson-protocol.gitbook.io/neon-protocol/integrations/exchanges)

### Any ERC20

Any ERC20 with sufficiently available liquidity on chain can be DCAed in or out on NEON.

### Limit order DCA

You can set a price zone for your DCA to be executed, by setting a maximum price.\
If the selected token is above the selected price at the time of execution, the execution will be skipped until the next date.


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