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Sure, technically it's possible. It might even work for you. But then again it might be better for you if you do some other things first.

For example you could work on your standings if you already know where you want to do station trading. A significant part of that would be running missions (assuming you want better standings than what you could buy). Running mission would help you get more ISK into your wallet. And if you keep your eyes open you might find your first trade opportunities and do some region trading between missions.

When I started trading I did exactly that. I ran missions and did some inter- and intra-region trading. (If I had to start over I wouldn't start doing this on my main but get a dedicated alt right away, though.) When I finally started pure station trading (on an alt) I had roughly 7.8 Bn ISK in my pocket.

I can't attest to the current situation but here's how I started out.

I gained some ISK by mining in a small corporation and more ISK by acting as a bank for my fellow corpies. I amassed the amazing sum of around 200-300M. I started using the Eve Central trade finder, bought items from sell orders and sold them to buy orders all around EVE. Those were fun and stupid times as I got into lowsec a couple of times unaware how easy my mangy t1 hauler can get wrecked. In the end the profits paid off and I moved to buying from Jita and placing sell orders in other hubs.

Regarding station trading as the above friendly advice state, standing is a major factor if the margin is small. More important than that you need the broker relations and accounting to lvl 4 at least preferably 5. Seeing as you only have 250M you need fast turnaround so look for items with high volumes that have a significant difference between buy and sell. Be sure to calculate the markup to make sure that it is worth your time. Also be prepared to babysit your orders A LOT.

There's not much else to it for short term station trading. But then again I am not a station trader guru.

Good luck mate!

Started a station trader alt less than two weeks ago in Jita. After buying some skill books he was left with roughly 40 million isk to trade with. Currently sitting on 700+ million in isk and buy/sell orders. Pretty sure you can start with any amount, just depends how much time and effort you are willing to put into it. In my case I had to put in a lot so far.