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Your investment will get maximum results if you can pick the best time to buy and sell your investment assets. However, the method known as market timing, is not an easy thing, because surely you will have difficulty in determining the right time to invest. For example, you feel that the stock price X yesterday was very cheap, because it fell 5%, so you buy it. However, today's stock price X fell further to 10%, so you regret why you did not buy today, because you had invested the money entirely.

To overcome this problem, you should use cost averaging method of investing. Cost averaging is an investing technique routinely and periodically regardless of economic and market conditions. Thus, you would not panic if the prices of domestic goods rise or stock prices sag. By using cost averaging method, you simply invest with a fixed value on a regular basis each month within a certain period so you will earn a lower average of the principal amount of investment.

Why did it happen? because when prices are rising, the amount of your holdings in an investment would be less, while at low prices, then the amount of your holdings will be more so if it is averaged, the purchase price you get will be lower. With the trend of an increased investment in the long run, of course you will be benefited by this method. To better understand this method, please see the illustration below.

For example, you invest with the cost averaging method on X stock for $. 500 on the 3rd of each month for 5 consecutive months. With the prices change every day, it gets the illustration below investment like this (assuming you could buy stock X in units):

From the results of investments do you for 5 months, found an average purchase price of $2.42((2 +2.1 +1.7 +1.8 +2.2 +2.3) / 5) with X amount of share ownership as much as in 1287, so if you sold all your shares in July, you will get the benefit of ($2.3 x 1287 ) - $2500 = $460.1, -.

Compare if you invest your $ 2500 entirely in February, you will get the purchase price of $2 with amount of shareholdings in 1250 only, so if you sold all your shares in July, you'll just get a gain of ($2.3 x 1250) - $2500 = $375.

One thing to remember, cost averaging method does not guarantee the benefits you get will be higher than using other methods. By doing market timing, let's say you invested all your $2500 money in April. You will get the purchase price of $1.7 with number of shares as much as 1470. If you sold all your shares in July, you will get a greater profit, amounting to ($2.3 x 1470) - $. 2500 = $881. However, as previously described, do market timing is not easy, because you may feel that the market timing for entry is February, not April.

Therefore, for long term investment, cost averaging method is highly recommended, especially on markets that fluctuate like the stock market, because it can reduce your investment risk.