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* Don't rush. | * Don't rush. | ||
* Use the scroll wheel on the mouse to adjust orders by 0.01 ISK. | * Use the scroll wheel on the mouse to adjust orders by 0.01 ISK. | ||
* Try to avoid updating your buy/sell orders at the same time each day. This keeps your | * Try to avoid updating your buy/sell orders at the same time each day. This keeps your competitors guessing. | ||
* If possible, leave your trade character logged on at all times. That way, if you | * If possible, leave your trade character logged on at all times. That way, if you are added to your competitor's address book, they'll never know when you log on and off. | ||
* When buying from contracts | * When buying from contracts '''read''' what you are actually paying for. Don't be the fool that loses all his money because he didn't '''read''' the contract's contents and the number of '''zeros''' in the price. | ||
* When buying set market to Region (top left corner), and go to the settings tab and tick the box to avoid low-sec and/or 0.0 systems if this helps. | * When buying set market to Region (top left corner), and go to the settings tab and tick the box to avoid low-sec and/or 0.0 systems if this helps. | ||
* Setting up buy | * Setting up buy orders for items you don't need right away will save lots of ISK over time. | ||
* Remember, you don't need to sell straight away. If you set up a sell order for a 1000 items of x, and someone decides to sell the item at a stupidly low price, don't jump in and change your order to beat him. It might not sell this week, but it will eventually, and you will make much more isk. | * Remember, you don't need to sell straight away. If you set up a sell order for a 1000 items of x, and someone decides to sell the item at a stupidly low price, don't jump in and change your order to beat him. It might not sell this week, but it will eventually, and you will make much more isk. | ||
* When setting the range on your buy orders, check to see how far away | * When setting the range on your buy orders, check to see how far away the nearest lowsec system is. If you don't want to go to lowsec to pick stuff up, set the buy range accordingly. | ||
* A day of very high volume or a trade at a very high price can cause the market graph's axes to adjust, making it difficult to read. Use the "Show Table" button below the graph to display the same data in table format. | * A day of very high volume or a trade at a very high price can cause the market graph's axes to adjust, making it difficult to read. Use the "Show Table" button below the graph to display the same data in table format. | ||
* The relationship of the median price (yellow | * The relationship of the median price (yellow dots on the graph) to the day's high and low prices gives you a clue about the flow of the trades, whether the action is mainly selling (median is close to day's high) or buying (median close to day's low), assuming there is no overlap between the high buy order and the low sell order. In particular, for items that are dropped as mission loot but are not very useful (i.e. energy vampires) there will only be action on the your buy side (that is, you will only be able to buy them, not sell). If you want to buy these (and don't plan on trucking them extra-regionally), make sure you only pay up to the salvage value. | ||
* Playing the .01 ISK game benefits people who like to play it. You don't have to play if you don't want to. Feel free to drastically slash sell orders or raise buy orders. | * Playing the .01 ISK game benefits people who like to play it. You don't have to play if you don't want to. Feel free to drastically slash sell orders or raise buy orders. | ||
* Consider using a particular number of "isk cents" on the end of your order prices to make your orders easier to locate on the list. | * Consider using a particular number of "isk cents" on the end of your order prices to make your orders easier to locate on the list. | ||