📊 Hive Power & HBD Savings vs. Day Trading: Day 4 – August 10, 2025

Welcome to Day 4 of my 💰 Hive Blockchain Investment Experiment, where I track two strategies:

🐝 Savings Strategy – Building Hive Power and HBD savings for passive rewards.

⚡ Trading Strategy – Actively trading Hive and HBD for short-term gains.

📈 Today’s Market Prices 🐝 HIVE: $0.2275

💵 HBD: $0.998 (slightly under peg)

💼 Portfolio Snapshot 📌 Type 📊 Amount 💲 USD Value 🐝 Hive Power 581.070 $132.22 💰 HBD Savings 128.353 $128.10 📈 Hive (Trading) 347.256 $78.97 💹 HBD (Trading) 183.201 $182.83

Totals:

💵 Savings Total: $260.32

⚡ Trading Total: $261.80

🏆 Lead: Trading ahead by +$1.48

🔍 Analysis & Observations 📊 Trading’s lead narrowed significantly compared to yesterday’s $8.18 margin.

💵 Slight drop in HBD price reduced the trading portfolio’s USD value.

📈 Hive’s small price increase still helped Hive Power’s value in the savings strategy.

⚡ This is the first time in the experiment the gap between the two strategies is nearly even.

⚖️ Risk vs Reward 🐝 Savings Strategy

✅ Steady growth from curation & HBD interest

💤 Minimal effort required

⚡ Trading Strategy

🚀 Can outperform on good market swings

⚠️ Sensitive to peg fluctuations and market dips

📅 What’s Next Watch the HBD peg closely — small shifts can swing results.

Look for short-term Hive volatility to create profitable trades.

Continue tracking compounding effects over time.

🏁 Final Thoughts Day 4 shows how quickly the gap can change. Yesterday, trading had a comfortable lead; today, savings nearly caught up. This underscores why tracking daily performance is crucial in comparing passive vs. active strategies.