Break-even point today is $1.73 vote value for 1 SBD and $2.51 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.)
Author Reward = 37.5% of vote value in SBD + 37.5% of vote value in Steem (divided by steem price)
Please see table below for ROIs from 1.50x to 2.75x vote value.
| Voting Service ROI Update | by  |
|---|---|
| Datetime (UTC) | 2018-05-26T12:29:46 |
| SBD Price | 1.84118 |
| Steem Price | 2.67547 |
| SBD Break-Even Point | 1.73x |
| Steem Break-Even Point | 2.51x |
| Vote Value / Bid Ratio | 1.50x | 1.75x | 2.00x | 2.25x | 2.50x | 2.75x |
| SBD ROI | -13.20% | 1.27% | 15.73% | 30.20% | 44.67% | 59.14% |
| Steem ROI | -40.27% | -30.31% | -20.35% | -10.40% | -0.44% | 9.51% |