diff --git a/Trading/Mode/dca_trading_mode/dca_trading.py b/Trading/Mode/dca_trading_mode/dca_trading.py
index 179e347a0..778d50372 100644
--- a/Trading/Mode/dca_trading_mode/dca_trading.py
+++ b/Trading/Mode/dca_trading_mode/dca_trading.py
@@ -396,10 +396,10 @@ async def dca_task(self):
                 for cryptocurrency, pairs in trading_util.get_traded_pairs_by_currency(
                         self.exchange_manager.config
                 ).items():
-                    if self.symbol in pairs:
+                    if self.trading_mode.symbol in pairs:
                         await self.trigger_dca(
                             cryptocurrency=cryptocurrency,
-                            symbol=self.symbol,
+                            symbol=self.trading_mode.symbol,
                             state=trading_enums.EvaluatorStates.VERY_LONG
                         )
                 if self.exchange_manager.is_backtesting:
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ async def dca_task(self):
                         f"configure another trigger mode to use {self.trading_mode.get_name()} in backtesting."
                     )
                     return
-                await asyncio.sleep(self.trading_mode.minutes_before_next_buy)
+                await asyncio.sleep(self.trading_mode.minutes_before_next_buy * commons_constants.MINUTE_TO_SECONDS)
             except Exception as e:
                 self.logger.error(f"An error happened during DCA task : {e}")
 
diff --git a/Trading/Mode/dca_trading_mode/tests/test_dca_trading_mode.py b/Trading/Mode/dca_trading_mode/tests/test_dca_trading_mode.py
index da8e154a2..052a6a166 100644
--- a/Trading/Mode/dca_trading_mode/tests/test_dca_trading_mode.py
+++ b/Trading/Mode/dca_trading_mode/tests/test_dca_trading_mode.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import os.path
 import mock
 import decimal
+import asyncio
 
 import async_channel.util as channel_util
 
@@ -210,6 +211,65 @@ async def test_init_config_values(tools):
     assert mode.stop_loss_price_multiplier == decimal.Decimal("0.1")
 
 
+async def test_inner_start(tools):
+    mode, producer, consumer, trader = await _init_mode(tools, _get_config(tools, {}))
+    with mock.patch.object(producer, "dca_task", mock.AsyncMock()) as dca_task_mock, \
+         mock.patch.object(producer, "get_channels_registration", mock.Mock(return_value=[])):
+        # evaluator based
+        mode.trigger_mode = dca_trading.TriggerMode.MAXIMUM_EVALUATORS_SIGNALS_BASED
+        await producer.inner_start()
+        for _ in range(10):
+            await asyncio_tools.wait_asyncio_next_cycle()
+        dca_task_mock.assert_not_called()
+
+        # time based
+        mode.trigger_mode = dca_trading.TriggerMode.TIME_BASED
+        await producer.inner_start()
+        for _ in range(10):
+            await asyncio_tools.wait_asyncio_next_cycle()
+        dca_task_mock.assert_called_once()
+
+
+async def test_dca_task(tools):
+    mode, producer, consumer, trader = await _init_mode(tools, _get_config(tools, {}))
+    calls = []
+    try:
+        def _on_trigger(**kwargs):
+            if len(calls):
+                # now stop
+                producer.should_stop = True
+            calls.append(kwargs)
+        producer.exchange_manager.is_backtesting = True
+        with mock.patch.object(asyncio, "sleep", mock.AsyncMock()) as sleep_mock:
+            # backtesting: trigger only once
+            with mock.patch.object(producer, "trigger_dca", mock.AsyncMock(side_effect=_on_trigger)) as trigger_dca_mock:
+                await producer.dca_task()
+                assert trigger_dca_mock.call_count == 1
+                assert trigger_dca_mock.mock_calls[0].kwargs == {
+                    "cryptocurrency": "Bitcoin",
+                    "symbol": "BTC/USDT",
+                    "state": trading_enums.EvaluatorStates.VERY_LONG
+                }
+                sleep_mock.assert_not_called()
+
+            calls.clear()
+            # live: loop trigger
+            producer.exchange_manager.is_backtesting = False
+            with mock.patch.object(producer, "trigger_dca", mock.AsyncMock(side_effect=_on_trigger)) as trigger_dca_mock:
+                await producer.dca_task()
+                assert trigger_dca_mock.call_count == 2
+                assert trigger_dca_mock.mock_calls[0].kwargs == {
+                    "cryptocurrency": "Bitcoin",
+                    "symbol": "BTC/USDT",
+                    "state": trading_enums.EvaluatorStates.VERY_LONG
+                }
+                assert sleep_mock.call_count == 2
+                assert sleep_mock.mock_calls[0].args == (10080 * commons_constants.MINUTE_TO_SECONDS, )
+                assert sleep_mock.mock_calls[1].args == (10080 * commons_constants.MINUTE_TO_SECONDS, )
+    finally:
+        producer.exchange_manager.is_backtesting = True
+
+
 async def test_trigger_dca(tools):
     update = {}
     mode, producer, consumer, trader = await _init_mode(tools, _get_config(tools, update))