Another great dissection (only I got the benefit of a sneak peek and account breakdown). One thing you mentioned, but maybe uncertain of based on your response in the comments is the idea one could maybe use leasing And delegating and make a profit. It had never occurred to me that there might be an opportunity for arbitrage there. While I don't see myself in the near future being able to do such a thing, will be interested in your findings on the matter.
A question on the slider. At 100% power that those like myself are stuck with, we basically have 10 votes a day. So suppose I rent delegation and get the slider. If I adjust the slider, does that decrease the percentage taken from the power, in effect giving me more votes?
An example would be I adjust it to a 25% power instead of 100%, will it then only take .5 power instead of 2?
Great question about the slider bar because many people don't understand how EXTREMELY valuable it is. If my 100% upvote is worth 1.00 STU and I switch to 5%, I can vote 20 times at .05 STU using the same voting power. So, yes. You're correct.
I find it unlikely that there are arbitrage opportunities that wouldn't be too risky. With any fluctuation in Steem price, Steem vs SBD value, vote-bot demand/supply, and leasing demand/supply, there are quite a few variables that would have to be factored in risk assessment beforehand. I'm not going to dive into that mathematical rabbit hole to run the economics on it. My guess is that in the best case scenario, there might be a few points of arbitrage profitability and I don't have the dough to make that worth the time.
Awesome. If I don't get the delegation on this first try I will modify my order to ensure I get it. Thank you.