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WiseBot vs buy & hold

One buy, held to the end. See how the bot's backtest stacks up against simply holding Bitcoin, Ethereum, the S&P 500 and more — up to five at once, on real prices.

Did the bot beat just holding?

This is the simplest, fairest question you can ask a trading strategy: would you have done better just buying and holding? Pick the bot and up to four assets, and let the curves settle it on real prices — same money in, same dates, no cherry-picking.

WiseBot is built to lose less when markets fall and still earn something — not to win every bull run. Sometimes plain holding wins. The chart won't pretend otherwise.

Comparison — questions

What does this compare?

What a one-time investment, held to the end, would have grown to — the WiseBot backtest next to a plain buy-and-hold of the assets you pick, all rebased to the same starting amount so the lines are directly comparable. It answers 'did the bot beat just holding?', not 'when should I have bought?' (that's the DCA simulator).

Is this buy and hold or DCA?

Buy and hold: the full amount goes in on the first month and stays in. DCA — adding a fixed amount every month — is a different question, and it lives on the DCA simulator.

Why does the window start in 2023?

Because WiseBot's backtest covers May 2023 to June 2026, and the comparison is clamped to that window so nobody gets a head start. Remove WiseBot from the selection and the window can stretch back as far as the assets' own history allows.

Is the WiseBot line a real, live result?

No. It is a backtest of the production book (trend-following + funding carry on BTC/ETH/SOL). It is not a live track record and past results don't predict the future.

How is it calculated?

Real monthly historical closing prices, price-return only — dividends, staking and funding yield are excluded across every asset so the comparison stays fair. Each series is rebased to the same starting amount at the first shared month.