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Chelsea Dagger X
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2015-04-12 21:27:47 UTC  |  Edited by: Chelsea Dagger X
I enjoy trading in Eve, but also have a busy schedule IRL so updating orders all day isnt much of an option for me. So I wanted to ask, would you recommend trying to do as much trading as possible on high frequency items while I am online, or tie up all of my orders on slow moving stock, whilst hoping those orders dont see much competition while I am offline?

Many thanks

Chelsea.
Koniforous
Tauren Transit
#2 - 2015-04-13 02:00:23 UTC
Chelsea Dagger X wrote:
I enjoy trading in Eve, but also have a busy schedule IRL so updating orders all day isnt much of an option for me. So I wanted to ask, would you recommend trying to do as much trading as possible on high frequency items while I am online, or tie up all of my orders on slow moving stock, whilst hoping those orders dont see much competition while I am offline?

Many thanks

Chelsea.

A mix of both, and just update all orders when you log on. This is how I've had to play the last 6 months or so, and I'm doing ok.

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TheSmokingHertog
Julia's Interstellar Trade Emperium
#3 - 2015-04-13 02:27:06 UTC
Go for products that have a small spread in hubs, but a bigger spread if you consider new eden, try to maximize your market presence in a few products, and try to setup a system were you can profit if it waves up or down... if you make sure you can ride the waves interregionnaly, you dont have to update a lot, just when events hit the cluster. I have found out that you can set this up with a monthly routine and have fun while doing it.

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Chelsea Dagger X
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2015-04-13 05:11:33 UTC
Ok, good replies. Thanks alot. Smile
Angel Ichosira
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#5 - 2015-04-13 06:54:11 UTC
It is doable, just need to find the right items. I started out in March 20th with 500 mil I SK on this character and have total of 3b (assets/wallet/orders) now. And i too have pretty limited time to update my orders. In general it's about 15-40m twice a day not more.
Dextrome Thorphan
#6 - 2015-04-13 09:50:28 UTC
Angel Ichosira wrote:
It is doable, just need to find the right items. I started out in March 20th with 500 mil I SK on this character and have total of 3b (assets/wallet/orders) now. And i too have pretty limited time to update my orders. In general it's about 15-40m twice a day not more.


There's no way you made 600% profit in 3 weeks by only updating orders once or twice a day.... unless you got EXTREMELY lucky...
Angel Ichosira
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#7 - 2015-04-13 10:08:38 UTC
Dextrome Thorphan wrote:
Angel Ichosira wrote:
It is doable, just need to find the right items. I started out in March 20th with 500 mil I SK on this character and have total of 3b (assets/wallet/orders) now. And i too have pretty limited time to update my orders. In general it's about 15-40m twice a day not more.


There's no way you made 600% profit in 3 weeks by only updating orders once or twice a day.... unless you got EXTREMELY lucky...


Twice a day on weekdays for 15-40m ; maybe ~3 hours total on each weekend.
As i said i sent 500m initial investment from main.

http://take.ms/hNhxV - profit graph
http://take.ms/FbuOm - profit per item
IcyMind Arierep
Elysian Technologies Enclave
Fraternity.
#8 - 2015-04-13 14:14:20 UTC
It can be done even with limited time. Just update before you go out. Also have a mix of high/medium/low volumes. Sometimes you are in a bidding war for hours, and sometimes you even get stuff while sleeping. Remember there are a lot of players and lot of items to trade.
Dextrome Thorphan
#9 - 2015-04-13 15:09:43 UTC  |  Edited by: Dextrome Thorphan
Angel Ichosira wrote:
Dextrome Thorphan wrote:
Angel Ichosira wrote:
It is doable, just need to find the right items. I started out in March 20th with 500 mil I SK on this character and have total of 3b (assets/wallet/orders) now. And i too have pretty limited time to update my orders. In general it's about 15-40m twice a day not more.


There's no way you made 600% profit in 3 weeks by only updating orders once or twice a day.... unless you got EXTREMELY lucky...


Twice a day on weekdays for 15-40m ; maybe ~3 hours total on each weekend.
As i said i sent 500m initial investment from main.

http://take.ms/hNhxV - profit graph
http://take.ms/FbuOm - profit per item


Well, dunno how you do it, that's just some crazy profits for station trading over such a short term (considering you started out with such a low amount of ISK).
Angel Ichosira
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#10 - 2015-04-13 15:11:52 UTC
Only real luck i had was someone selling me 10 hammers for 20k isk (190m profit - on the 248m profit day), rest was just normal way of buying low / selling high while looking for 60-300% margin items with medium volume and just try to keep all order slots full of such items. In 500m profit day i spent a bit more time managing my orders as i was chilling at home compared to usual days. 100m/day is pretty normal for daily profit updating twice a day as u see.
Eve Mogul
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#11 - 2015-04-19 23:25:37 UTC  |  Edited by: Eve Mogul
There's some worthwhile info in this thread!

I've had around 2000 orders up at the height of my trading, spread all over the universe in minor 'hubs' I'd either taken over or essentially created. I left all the items up for the max 90 day limit, and basically just let them sell over time and updated prices once every 3-4 weeks.

This resulted in billions in profits often in a single week, and all the while I was off pew pewing with my PvP main.

This video shows basics of how I got started : http://evemogul.info
Cheers all.

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Talana Ygerna
Gorila Troop
#12 - 2015-04-21 17:38:42 UTC
Eve Mogul wrote:
There's some worthwhile info in this thread!

I've had around 2000 orders up at the height of my trading, spread all over the universe in minor 'hubs' I'd either taken over or essentially created. I left all the items up for the max 90 day limit, and basically just let them sell over time and updated prices once every 3-4 weeks.

This resulted in billions in profits often in a single week, and all the while I was off pew pewing with my PvP main.

This video shows basics of how I got started : http://evemogul.info
Cheers all.


As long as you pay him real money you can get a ton of information on how to station trade in a limited time, the same that you can get on YouTube for 0 real life monies.
Chelsea Dagger X
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#13 - 2015-04-21 19:56:05 UTC
I decided against station trading, and am having some luck just from using contracts Smile
Sh0plifter
Underworld Property Accounting Partnership
#14 - 2015-04-21 22:28:07 UTC
That is the wonderful thing about Eve compared to other MMOs. There is such a wide area with a large array of things to work in. Thousands of items to work in and plenty of different markets to look in. Just need to find what works for you with your time frame. Big smile
Eve Mogul
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#15 - 2015-04-24 03:58:02 UTC
Talana Ygerna wrote:
Eve Mogul wrote:
There's some worthwhile info in this thread!

I've had around 2000 orders up at the height of my trading, spread all over the universe in minor 'hubs' I'd either taken over or essentially created. I left all the items up for the max 90 day limit, and basically just let them sell over time and updated prices once every 3-4 weeks.

This resulted in billions in profits often in a single week, and all the while I was off pew pewing with my PvP main.

This video shows basics of how I got started : http://evemogul.info
Cheers all.


As long as you pay him real money you can get a ton of information on how to station trade in a limited time, the same that you can get on YouTube for 0 real life monies.



Talana that's not strictly correct. When it comes to station trading I give away all of my information for free on YouTube and don't charge anything. See it here (on my website is all the supporting information and charts with additional commentary on why I traded the items I did during the video - the link to that is below the YouTube video)

The paid section of my website is for Inter-Hub Trading and various types of detailed Inter-Regional trading.

Inter-Regional Trading Basics : http://evemogul.info

Daily market tweets : https://twitter.com/EveMogul

Eve Trading Videos - Starring... me! : http://www.youtube.com/user/evemogul