[Level 3] Managing your bot performance: Intro guide to managing P&L
![[Level 3] Managing your bot performance: Intro guide to managing P&L](/content/images/size/w1200/2022/09/Managing_your_bot_performance_Intro_guide_to_managing_PL.jpg)
How does Hummingbot measure PnL ?
Hummingbot calculates profitability by determining the portfolio value of the starting balance and the current balance in terms of the current exchange rate.

To learn more about how and why we calculate PnL:
How to measure performance in crypto trading
Tips for capital deployment
Different traders have different preferences for capital deployment. In this article, Hummingbot trader and community member Dalskie provides tips on capital deployment from past experience:
[Trader Tips] Capital Deployment for Hummingbot by Trader Dalskie
Managing your bot
Some resources for you to manage your bot performance :
Simple performance statistics: GitHub repo
Simple program contributed by our user @JamesPMagic that plots the trades and provides simple performance statistics

Github repo:
https://github.com/rkc2000/Hummingbot-Postprocess
PnL Analysis Jupyter notebook
PnL Analysis Jupyter Notebook created by one of our community members