Herding the Pigs

My adjusted Pig Pen strategy

Have you read my latest 2 DRIP/Pig pen series yet?

If not then below are links to part 1 of each of them. Go check them out & then come back here…

Ok. Now that we have that background stuff out of the way, it is time for us to go forward with what happens next.

How does all of this change my strategy with the Pig Pen?

(NONE OF WHAT I WRITE IN MY ARTICLES IS TO BE TAKEN AS INVESTMENT ADVICE. I am not an advisor for this nor am I suggesting any financial action on your part. DYOR)

Cause for Change

• Doing more research into how the DRIP project functions lead to a strategy change for me in that project.
• This change in my DRIP Faucet strategy, eliminates the extra contributions going to the Pig Pen, as discussed in this article.
• No extra contributions into the Pig Pen from the DRIP faucet earnings require a change in how I work with the Pig Pen.

So, in more detail, I used to withdraw my DRIP Faucet earnings every Saturday evening, in an effort to reach ROI in that project. I would then take those earnings & convert them to AFP tokens. Those newly converted AFP tokens would then be staked in the Pig Pen.

This would increase my earnings in the Pig Pen, because of compounding my earned AFP, & help go towards my ROI, because the BUSD earned would be sent to my wallet. So it seemed to work out pretty good, for a while.

Take into consideration the falling DRIP prices & the falling AFP prices…

And now the new strategy I’m using with DRIP. So now, is another one of those times that requires change.

Taking another look at the project

Before I make any changes, I need to take another look at this project.

• According to the community governance vote, BUSD injections will be done on a weekly basis, usually on Wednesdays.
• Every time I compound, it costs around $0.27-$0.60.
• The AFP price has started going down.
• The amount of BUSD I get whenever I compound has started going down, slightly, as well.
• The amount of AFP that is compounded is very small at the moment.
• I currently have 2.21 AFP staked & earn 0.04 AFP available to withdraw every 24hrs.
• First investment was on 10/15/23. Bought my second Pig on 1/1/23. Been invested for around 127 days.
• Total invested = $231.98. Total withdrawn = $24.41. Cumulative ROI = 10.52%
• I usually get around 0.0001 AFP & 1.75 BUSD from compounding on Saturdays.

Now that I have taken another look at this project, It is time to decide what to change & what not to change.

Deciding what to change/ not to change

What to change? That is the question. What not to change? That’s the other question.

This is what I think is working for me so far:

1. Weekly automated injections

2. Lower gas fees = compounding more than once per week

3. I’m able to withdraw my staked AFP if I wait long enough

This is what I need to make work better for me:

1. Watch the BUSD earned amount for better opportunities to compound
2. I need to figure out how to make ROI quicker.
3. Increase the amount of AFP that is being compounded, which would then increase my BUSD earnings.

So I have a list of things that I need to make work better for me & a list of things that I like.

Now what?

New Strategy!

Here is my new strategy for the Pig Pen.

• Do not invest any more at this time.
• Wait until available AFP to withdraw equals 1.0. Then withdraw 1 AFP for current token price. This will recoup a lot of my ROI.
• When I withdraw my 1 AFP the BUSD earnings should have built up to a good size. At this point I’ll compound my earnings.
• My AFP earned by that time will then be staked & increase my AFP/ BUSD earnings even more.
• My BUSD earned will be deposited directly into my wallet. This will also help me get to ROI quicker.

I’ll start this strategy at after my next compound on this Saturday.

So it will go something like this:

1. On 2/25/23, compound my earnings as usual. This will probably deposit around 1.70 BUSD into my wallet & probably deposit 0.0001 AFP into the staking.
2. Starting on 2/26/23, I’ll let the earnings build until 3/16/23. At which time I should have 1.0 AFP available to withdraw.
3. I’ll then withdraw 1.0 AFP. Hopefully, AFP token price will be around $50 or higher at this point. This should get me a lot closer to ROI.
4. Also, at this point I should have earned 5 BUSD & 0.0025 AFP. This I will compound, which will then put the 5 BUSD into my wallet & 0.0025 AFP into staking.
5. This should then get me to 34% ROI…
6. After this, I’ll probably let the earnings continue to build up into they reach 1 BUSD, at which time I will continue to compound.
7. I can’t just leave it on #6, so here’s #7. I’ll continue to repeat #6 until I reach ROI or the AFP goes way up. At that point I’ll reassess my strategy & see what I need to do next.

So now you have it.

In Conclusion

So I needed to adjust my Pig Pen strategy, continue to grow my earnings, & make ROI ASAP!

This will be a long process, mostly because my earnings are so low in this project.

As always, I’ll continue to monitor my progress along the way.

Thanks for reading!

Till next time.

God Speed!

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