Break-even point today is $1.84 vote value for 1 SBD and $2.47 vote value for 1 Steem.

Why this information

I am providing this information for those who would like to use bid-bots or other voting services to upvote their posts with unique high-quality contents. They can use this information to determine at what point it is profitable or not in making a bot purchase.

One of the common mistakes people make in using bid-bots or other voting services is thinking that as long as they get $1 vote value for $1 SBD bid or $1 Steem bid, they are breaking even. However, in reality, it is not! (Up to 25% of vote value goes to curators and half of the remaining is divided by steem price.)

Please see table below for ROIs from 1.50x to 3.00x vote value.

Bid-Bots ROI Update	by @cheneats
Datetime (UTC)	2018-05-22T00:00:02
SBD Price	2.23181
Steem Price	2.99383
SBD Break-Even Point	1.84x
Steem Break-Even Point	2.47x

Vote Value / Bid Ratio	1.50x	1.75x	2.00x	2.25x	2.50x	2.75x	3.00x
SBD ROI	-18.55%	-4.97%	8.61%	22.18%	35.76%	49.33%	62.91%
Steem ROI	-39.28%	-29.16%	-19.04%	-8.92%	1.20%	11.32%	21.44%

Author Reward = 37.5% of vote value in SBD + 37.5% of vote value in Steem (divided by steem price)