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so whats the best trade you did
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Harry Forever
SpaceJunkys
#1 - 2013-05-10 23:57:53 UTC
Nitrogen Isotopes
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#2 - 2013-05-11 01:01:26 UTC
Nitrogen Isotopes
joyous the
Slippery Penguin
#3 - 2013-05-11 06:00:32 UTC
I bought a crokite bpo for 10b, produced it for a month, threw some money at the market, put it as collateral on a loan for 20b, price fixed the market to 1.8/u for a few months, rebought it and proceeded to auction it for 70b. Price crashed the next day, told him not to sell, it'd rebound. He didn't believe, panic sale, left the game, oh hey it has. Maybe not the best, but one of the more memorable, recently.
Sabre Rolf
Doomheim
#4 - 2013-05-11 06:36:37 UTC
EVE <-> RL
Umar Umarhabib
Doomheim
#5 - 2013-05-11 07:03:57 UTC  |  Edited by: Umar Umarhabib
Harry Forever wrote:
just tell me...


Mineral Trading is how I made my initial small fortune (about 140 bil), which I used to start speculation.

But that was over 3 years ago, before the massive bot bannings, and Insurance Scam nerf.

The Minerals poured in, and poured out like water. Not much competition. Had 4 alts sitting on Region Border Systems, trading minerals across 10 regions.

Placed Regional mineral buy orders with Minimum Fill Quantity, and then sold the minerals exactly where they are, or used Red Frog to transport to nearest hub.

It's probably not nearly as lucrative nowadays.
Samroski
Middle-Earth
#6 - 2013-05-11 08:39:27 UTC
My first "best" trade was when I bought an officer shield module for 600m and flipped it the next day for 2b.

More recently I made a casual bid on a BPO half way through an auction, and was contacted a minute later by the owner who wanted to sell immediately. My eventual profit was 22b, more than twice of what I'd paid for it.

Glad you didn't ask about the worst trade :)

Any colour you like.
Harry Forever
SpaceJunkys
#7 - 2013-05-11 09:06:50 UTC
Samroski wrote:
My first "best" trade was when I bought an officer shield module for 600m and flipped it the next day for 2b.

More recently I made a casual bid on a BPO half way through an auction, and was contacted a minute later by the owner who wanted to sell immediately. My eventual profit was 22b, more than twice of what I'd paid for it.

Glad you didn't ask about the worst trade :)


so what was the worst? :D

Harry Forever vs. Goonswarm
Samroski
Middle-Earth
#8 - 2013-05-11 09:25:34 UTC  |  Edited by: Samroski
Harry Forever wrote:

so what was the worst? :D

Just before Apocrypha 1.5 came out, I was a relatively new trader with limited funds. One day I noticed that the price of large cargo rigs was falling. This was an item I traded in frequently. The next day it was even lower, so I bought heavily around 12m per unit, till I ran out of assets that I could liquefy.

The price continued to fall to 6m per unit, and stabilized around 7. A few days later I learned about the introduction of medium and small rigs, and realized how important it is for traders to keep up to date.

I continued blindly on my original plan of selling them for 16m per unit, and distributed the rigs all over New Eden at that price. They took a while to sell, and badly dented my plans for trade domination :)

Edit: Thanks to this, I spent a couple of months lost in w-space (while the rigs sold), at a time when there was hardly anyone around, and talking on local brought you help :)

Any colour you like.
Freak Power
Bring Me Sunshine
In Tea We Trust
#9 - 2013-05-11 09:44:48 UTC
flakeys
Doomheim
#10 - 2013-05-11 10:17:16 UTC
Certainly not my wife for starters ...

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.
Rual Storge
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#11 - 2013-05-11 10:21:11 UTC
60b profit in 3 hours.
Harry Forever
SpaceJunkys
#12 - 2013-05-11 10:52:58 UTC
Rual Storge wrote:
60b profit in 3 hours.


so what was the trade?

Harry Forever vs. Goonswarm
RubyPorto
RubysRhymes
#13 - 2013-05-11 11:33:31 UTC
Accidentally having a Geddon sell for 4b in Jita was nice.

"It's easy to speak for the silent majority. They rarely object to what you put into their mouths." -Abrazzar "the risk of having your day ruined by other people is the cornerstone with which EVE was built" -CCP Solomon
Daniel Plain
Doomheim
#14 - 2013-05-11 11:57:00 UTC
i once bought about 20 T3 subsystems for 513 isk instead of 513 million. not particularly large profit but still funny.

I should buy an Ishtar.
Sabre Rolf
Doomheim
#15 - 2013-05-11 12:11:39 UTC
Freak Power wrote:
http://imgur.com/a/zjQlO


was this supposed to be your best or worst trade?

i mean turning ~24b sounds nice, but selling a dc II BPo for 55b not so much..
Freak Power
Bring Me Sunshine
In Tea We Trust
#16 - 2013-05-11 12:16:44 UTC
Sabre Rolf wrote:
Freak Power wrote:
http://imgur.com/a/zjQlO


was this supposed to be your best or worst trade?

i mean turning ~24b sounds nice, but selling a dc II BPo for 55b not so much..

How much did you sell yours for?
Xayder
modro
Northern Coalition.
#17 - 2013-05-11 12:36:38 UTC
31.000 isk for an aeon

I don't always post, But when i post I do it with my main
Harry Forever
SpaceJunkys
#18 - 2013-05-11 12:54:06 UTC
Xayder wrote:
31.000 isk for an aeon


really? did the seller contact you after the trade? :D

Harry Forever vs. Goonswarm
Xayder
modro
Northern Coalition.
#19 - 2013-05-11 13:35:07 UTC
Harry Forever wrote:
Xayder wrote:
31.000 isk for an aeon


really? did the seller contact you after the trade? :D


He prefered to contact CCP with a petition....

I don't always post, But when i post I do it with my main
Harry Forever
SpaceJunkys
#20 - 2013-05-11 13:42:40 UTC
Xayder wrote:
Harry Forever wrote:
Xayder wrote:
31.000 isk for an aeon


really? did the seller contact you after the trade? :D


He prefered to contact CCP with a petition....


:DD

Harry Forever vs. Goonswarm
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