The benchmark on dogabot is the return you would have earned from a buy-and-hold strategy on the same asset over the same period—useful context for “did the automation beat doing nothing?”
Simple example
- Automation ROI: +18%
- Benchmark (buy & hold): +12%
- Interpretation: the automation outperformed passive holding by 6 percentage points.
If ROI is +5% and benchmark is +15%, you would have been better off simply holding.
Why it matters
Raw ROI alone does not tell you if skill or the market did the work. Benchmark separates strategy edge from rising tide.
On dogabot
Find Benchmark in Key Metrics on the automation detail page. Green often means automation ROI beat benchmark; red means it lagged.
Quick checklist
- Beat benchmark consistently → possible edge (still check drawdown)
- Lose to benchmark → revisit rules or consider copying a stronger automation
- Crypto trends change—re-check over 7d / 30d / all-time windows
Want to see these numbers on a live strategy? Create an automation or copy one from the leaderboard and compare metrics side by side.