How do you balance DCA vs time in the market? Let's say I have 30k now ready to be invested?

Overwhelmingly, you don't balance it. DCA works in very short periods.

Even though the annualized yield was smaller on paper, the absolute return was higher. So if your time horizon is long (say, 20 years), you should invest it entirely regardless of the market cycle.

There is an analysis here:

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Which is based on white paper studies from Vanguard.

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