Market Discussions

If you need the isk fast, fight the .01 war, otherwise let supply & demand execute your orders.



If you're just starting out, take any margin that give you comfortable profits equvilent to the amount of effort you put into it. If you're region trading, you dont want to fly your freight to the otherside of the region just for a 5% return. (Or maybe you do?)



Again it's up to you and your trading style, do what you like best. Each has it's own pros/cons. Station trading i found to be more effective but can take some time to allow prices to change into your buying & selling objectives, whereas regional or out of region trading can provide better returns depending on margins.

Always use buy & sell orders unless you can buy/sell with a noticeably good margin.

Depends on your style. And there is no rule you must use the same style, or perhaps tactics, all the time.

Ultimately, it is a time and effort preference, like pretty much everything else in Eve.




Some folks love the 0.01 ISK thing, personally I can't stand it. I have other things to do. Fluctuations do come and go, sometimes not as fast as we would like or swing as much as we'd like.

Sometimes, it is just best to buy a whole bunch right off the market and sit on it for a while and sell it right back into the market, no waiting at all. This tends to work best with items that have a low bid/ask spread.



A profit is a profit, discover the minimum spread you need, by looking at your taxes and fees, for both the buy and the sell, add them both up to one number. That's your minimum.

Make a spread sheet, Knowing Excel and Access, or whatever software you prefer, are helpful.

If you're going to do the market flux angle, keep records of what it is you paid for something. That way, three months down the road, when you have forgotten and the in-game log is less than helpful, you don't mess your self up.





I would say, try both. Find out which you like better. My guess is, you'll come up with your own mix.

Unless you actually like spending entire days running around collecting "stuff" because Region orders seemed like a good idea, then carry on.

Otherwise, stick to learning the basics of station trading. It's less demanding on skills, but requires a bit more focus on prices as they fluctuate.

If you do like hauling loot, and ass, all over vast regions of space -- then stick with small stuff that is easily moved in small, FAST ships.

TIME is ISK.

So far I've been using the eve-central trade finder to do some interegional hauling, and I've made a spreadsheet to hold all the data I've collected, however doing that I've ended up with a margin of less than 3%. I've now started to try and buy in 1 hub and put the stuff up for sell orders in another hub. This is getting me slightly higher margins, but I'm not totally sure it's worth while since it takes a few days for me to sell the stuff, during which time my isk is pretty much all locked up.

(I've been using an Orca for hauling, usually I run out of isk before cargo space)

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I mean region wide buy orders, just like I said. Flip them on site...as in no shipping. Don't sweat lowsec buys, pirates need ships too. This will mean having some trade skills maxed....I think. But nothing that would take more than a week or so iirc.
Set a escrow value you are comfortable with in a few hulls that turn over well....like barges. Maintaine that escrow for a week...then focus on keeping the sell orders updated and be willing to devalue your inventory, because its going to happen. Track it all and adjust accordingly. You'll find a good niche in there good for at least 20m a day for 10mins of your time....ususally.

20m a day running at least 250m in escrow......for example. But you would need to be on top of it. Say 3 times a day if you ran that on just t1 barges. Depends on the local turn over. Same idea will work on most hulls.