Market got hit hard here.
Started with $1000
โ 50/50 hold ended at $661.26
โ arca CORE ended at $657.28
โ arca CORE
$SHADOW rewards ended at $756.71
So a passive wallet hold was down 33%. While
@arcaFinance reduced the loss by 28% vs simply holding sonic-3:native ethereum:native 50/50.
The more interesting part:
arca CORE alone ended at $657.28, while the passive hold ended at $661.26.
Only a $4 difference.
So even while actively trading back and forth inside a CL pool, the vault still finished almost exactly where a pure 50/50 hold finished.
Then rewards did the heavy lifting on top, which is our real edge.
If you were already planning to hold
$S $ETH, the vault gave you almost the same end exposure, but with active range management rewards working in the background.
Wallet hold: passive drawdown.
Vault: same market exposure, better outcome.
PS: Rewards here are calculated as if they were sold weekly into USDC.