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Ester Rosin
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Posted - 2010.03.24 16:21:00 -
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I am very new to Eve and have been doing as much reading as possible over the last 2 weeks. I began training a character to run missions and make isk, however missioning seems tedious and not very profitable until you can run higher level missions (Level 4+ is what I understand). I did a bit of research on production but it seems that is way out of my reach as a new player, the entire POS system seems very expensive to run and will be something I may try later on in my Eve career, but for now definitely not.
So I have decided to create a trading alt so I can trade while my other character trains up for higher level missions. Station trading seems very profitable and I will be parking myself in Jita to see if I can hold my own against the other traders of the Eve community. From what I understand, and please correct me if I am wrong, the ship market is very risky and it seems you need a large starting capital to play in the ship market. Implants was another area I was looking at, however the same thing applies it requires a big capital. I have been looking at T1 items and their named counter parts, mainly due to the fact that there seems to be a lot of mission runners who always need these items and therefor have a high quantity traded daily. Items with over about 400 units a day will be the kinds of items I am shooting for.
I have 5 million isk that I gained while missioning which I will be using to begin my adventures. I am just curious what established traders think about my plan...am I heading in the right direction? Another question I had, I see a lot of people asking for public investments and am wondering if that is something I may be able to undertake, a small amount like 25 million or something, however if the majority of MD goers think this is way beyond my abilities or way to early for me even to consider a public investment.
Sorry for the wall of text :P Thanks in advance for any responses.
Sincerely, Ester Rosin 
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Lecherito
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Posted - 2010.03.24 16:54:00 -
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Mate,
With all due respect, it sounds like Jita, considering your nonchalant attitude, would properly eat you alive. You really should stay clear. With such a trivial starting sum, you should really look into hauling from region to region, buying from a lowball sell order to throw in a frigate and resell in another hub for an immediate turnaround. You seem to be of the prevalent state of mind "station trading is instaprofitz" most mission runners/miners have. Be warned that it can be immensely challenging, extremely time consuming, and it's really the only activity in the game that can reduce your wallet to 0 in one go. Best of luck.
-L
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Legende
Two Brothers Mining Corp. R.A.G.E
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Posted - 2010.03.24 17:01:00 -
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Originally by: Lecherito Mate,
With all due respect, it sounds like Jita, considering your nonchalant attitude, would properly eat you alive. You really should stay clear. With such a trivial starting sum, you should really look into hauling from region to region, buying from a lowball sell order to throw in a frigate and resell in another hub for an immediate turnaround. You seem to be of the prevalent state of mind "station trading is instaprofitz" most mission runners/miners have. Be warned that it can be immensely challenging, extremely time consuming, and it's really the only activity in the game that can reduce your wallet to 0 in one go. Best of luck.
-L
This is excellent advice. Start small, don't try to jump into Jita while you are still learning the market. The market in Jita is a bigger monster than the whole of EVE outside of it. I don't think you are ill suited for trading at all at this point, but it is definitely premature to be asking for a loan before you've gotten your feet wet. I'd suggest running more missions, as boring as they are, to build up the capital you need to start trading.
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Elgara
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Posted - 2010.03.24 17:06:00 -
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When i started trading i had around 10m, what i did at that time was buying this i know would sell fast in another trade hub.
So what i did was i checked the market in 2 other trade hubs wrote down a few items that cost between 100-500k per item and whent to Jita and put up buy orders or bought straight up if if it allready was at low price.
This not a win trading win, prices can change in an hour or two.
Be ready to lose some isk before you get the hang if it.
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Ester Rosin
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Posted - 2010.03.24 17:06:00 -
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Edited by: Ester Rosin on 24/03/2010 17:09:21
Originally by: Lecherito Mate,
With all due respect, it sounds like Jita, considering your nonchalant attitude, would properly eat you alive. You really should stay clear. With such a trivial starting sum, you should really look into hauling from region to region, buying from a lowball sell order to throw in a frigate and resell in another hub for an immediate turnaround. You seem to be of the prevalent state of mind "station trading is instaprofitz" most mission runners/miners have. Be warned that it can be immensely challenging, extremely time consuming, and it's really the only activity in the game that can reduce your wallet to 0 in one go. Best of luck.
-L
Aye >< I didn't mean to sound nonchalant :P I am more than happy spending time having ISK wars with people in Jita, and seeing as I work 8 hours a day on my laptop I can constantly be updating orders :) The reason trading really interested me is because there IS tons of ISK to be made, and with the turnaround I have seen on some items I'm not too worried about loosing ISK. Obviously not instaprofitz :P but much better than the measly 15,000 isk from mission rewards.
As to the hauling idea, I have read a bit about it and while there is profit to be made I feel at my current capacities I would probably get burned out very quickly. I have read peoples horror stories and I would prefer to not afk haul stuff around and risk being blown up(highly unlikely as I would only be hauling 120m3 worth of inventory) but still :P.
Thanks for the response though! This is the reason I want to start trading, the challenge and the risks vs rewards :)
EDIT: What do you guys think about setting up a few orders in Jita and then heading out of the station and looking around for a few deals, grabbing the inventory quick and then returning to Jita to sell those items and update my buy orders?
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Lord Arbalest
Amarr Zero Profits
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Posted - 2010.03.24 17:28:00 -
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Feel free to contact me in game and i may share my super secret secrets or just talk to you about station trading in general.
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Stan Techov
Garneau Heavy Industries
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Posted - 2010.03.24 18:10:00 -
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Edited by: Stan Techov on 24/03/2010 18:10:50 best luck I've had with (relatively) small starting capital is inter-region trading by far.
without being too specific:
find something that's got a surplus in one region (like Lazer "ammo" in Amarr space) so the price is lower, and move it to somewhere where it's still used, but not as common, like a gallente Mission hub.
much easier than having station trading was with people who have 1000X the ISK you do right now, and can run you out of buisness for kicks
Edited: my typing skillz are horrid
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Rykker Bow
Gallente The Blackfold Brotherhood
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Posted - 2010.03.24 18:22:00 -
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Originally by: Lecherito Mate, Be warned that it can be immensely challenging, extremely time consuming, and it's really the only activity in the game that can reduce your wallet to 0 in one go. -L
good statement. I don't fully agree with the time consuming part tho, there are many things you can do to streamline the procedure. Don't forget addictive for some of us. I'd say come to Jita and give it a go. My advice would be to research your items first. Know them like the back of your hand and you can reduce your risk considerably. Learn to ride the crashes that come with risky trades. Know when to take a small loss early rather than a big loss later.
If you want to make big money you have to be a trader first.
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Umega
Republic Military School
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Posted - 2010.03.24 18:32:00 -
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The most important skill for a Trader is one that can only really be told and not taught.. it is only one word, yet it still remains complex as is any virtue..
Patience.
---------------------------------------- -Treat the EVE Market like you're a pimp and it is your 'employee'.. freely fondle it as you wish and make it pay you for it- |

Jeneroux
Gallente
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Posted - 2010.03.24 18:51:00 -
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Suggest you get this. Eve Market Scanner Is very good tool.
Pick the items to trade in. Visit the locations you want to work.
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Ester Rosin
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Posted - 2010.03.24 19:08:00 -
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Thanks to everyone who has responded, you have been more than helpful! :) Since posting this thread I have set up buy orders(which have been filling surprisingly quickly) as well as bargain hunting in the surrounding systems of Jita. I also, unknowingly, attempted a very tiny market manipulation which worked out and net me about 250% profit on the item I traded :)
Thanks again!
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Sarajo
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Posted - 2010.03.25 09:37:00 -
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If you have a low amount of money there are a lot of opportunities that players with bigger wallets will not bother with. It is not uncommon to find margins of over 1000%. This is because the absolute amounts of ISK involved are pretty low, and not worth spending an order slot on for the high rollers. Look around and you shall discover.
I just posted a couple of tips for a budding trader in S&I, here Maybe it's of use
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Sulamani
Syrkos Technologies
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Posted - 2010.03.25 14:47:00 -
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If you like to join a trade corp and to get some starting oportunities, then contact me ingame.
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Ester Rosin
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Posted - 2010.03.25 17:51:00 -
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Originally by: Sulamani If you like to join a trade corp and to get some starting oportunities, then contact me ingame.
Sounds good will shoot you a convo next time I see you online!
Originally by: Sarajo If you have a low amount of money there are a lot of opportunities that players with bigger wallets will not bother with. It is not uncommon to find margins of over 1000%. This is because the absolute amounts of ISK involved are pretty low, and not worth spending an order slot on for the high rollers. Look around and you shall discover.
I just posted a couple of tips for a budding trader in S&I, here Maybe it's of use
Thanks for the info :)
Trading is going wonderfully so far! I have a NAV of ~20+ million isk now! Thanks to everyone again who has helped me get started.
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Kurri Conway
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Posted - 2010.03.26 03:11:00 -
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Hey mate, nice post. I have also just started out trading. I started with hauling NPC items from station to station in my Sigil. Started makeing around 200k per trip but its starting to pick up now.
I have also started with the buy/sell orders and have found a few little pockets of oppertunity which dosnt seem to get too much competition from other .01 isk war'ers. So far I am up to about 10 million from my initiial 1 Mill about a week and a half ago.
Would be cool to keep in touch and find out how you are going and what kinda moves/changes you are making. See who gets to 1 billion first :P lol jokes.
Best of luck out there !
Kurri
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Ester Rosin
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Posted - 2010.03.26 17:00:00 -
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Originally by: Kurri Conway Hey mate, nice post. I have also just started out trading. I started with hauling NPC items from station to station in my Sigil. Started makeing around 200k per trip but its starting to pick up now.
I have also started with the buy/sell orders and have found a few little pockets of oppertunity which dosnt seem to get too much competition from other .01 isk war'ers. So far I am up to about 10 million from my initiial 1 Mill about a week and a half ago.
Would be cool to keep in touch and find out how you are going and what kinda moves/changes you are making. See who gets to 1 billion first :P lol jokes.
Best of luck out there !
Kurri
Hey! Nice to see another budding trader :) Looks like your on your way. Will definitely be in touch. And lets definitely see who gets to 1 billion first :P For fun of course.
Best of luck mate. ~Ester
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Vandoxarr
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Posted - 2010.03.27 00:00:00 -
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lol.. learnt a bit of a lesson last night. Over the last 3 days I have been setting up buy orders with 4 jump radius. Alot of them have filled etc etc so last night I got in my hauler and set off on the task to pick up all the stuff.....
omg took like 2 hours just to get it back to one centralised point... I think from now on I will change it to 2 jumps perhaps. Just to much work (boring too).
Cool thing is now I have 30 million tied up in sell orders and 5 million tied up in buy orders and about 500k in my wallet :P lol....
Time to play the waiting game !
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Kurri Conway
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Posted - 2010.03.27 00:24:00 -
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lol.. learnt a bit of a lesson last night. Over the last 3 days I have been setting up buy orders with 4 jump radius. Alot of them have filled etc etc so last night I got in my hauler and set off on the task to pick up all the stuff.....
omg took like 2 hours just to get it back to one centralised point... I think from now on I will change it to 2 jumps perhaps. Just to much work (boring too).
Cool thing is now I have 30 million tied up in sell orders and 5 million tied up in buy orders and about 500k in my wallet :P lol....
Time to play the waiting game !
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Maria Yumeno
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Posted - 2010.03.27 01:40:00 -
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There is a lot of isk to be made from buying in jita and hauling to a different region, this would be much better for you as u have a low start up capital.
Another good way is to go to a mission hub, Motsu for example, and set a load of buy orders for meta 2,3&4 stuff. waiting a few hours/days depending on the volume and then hauling to jita for instant profit. Hint:- general pvp stuff sells very well, i.e. armour and guns
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Kurri Conway
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Posted - 2010.03.27 02:33:00 -
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Thanks for the tip Maria, once I get some cash flow back I will def check out that scene.
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Kurri Conway
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Posted - 2010.03.29 11:19:00 -
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How are you going with this Ester ?
I worked the whole weekend and had alot of stuff on so I mainly just station traded and updated my orders a few times over the weekend. Still managed to buy and sell a bit. lol
Im now at about 35 mill in sell orders and 20 million in buy orders. Holding onto about 5 mill in my wallet for emergency stuff.
I am still based around Amarr. Havnt ventured out too far, except for a few NPC trade good runs 8 jumps away and to pick up my gear.
Let me know how you are doing. If we are based in different Hubs I don't see why we cant trade info and tips (seeing as though we will not be competing with each other at the same trade hub etc.
Catcha later man. Goodluck !
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Snibeecha
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Posted - 2010.03.29 11:30:00 -
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I'm willing to discuss a small private loan (50-100M) if you are still interested. Shoot me an ingame mail if so.
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Kurri Conway
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Posted - 2010.03.29 23:32:00 -
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Hi Snibeecha, thats a generous offer, not sure if it was intended for the OP or myself, but thanks if it was for me or the both of us.
I will have to pass up your offer though as I would really like to break through these grinding first few weeks unaided, I think it would be much more rewarding doing it on my own. So thanks very very much anyway.
I would be very interested though to hear your thoughts on where I should be looking/doing/planning as a small scale trader standing at about 60 million funds at the moment. Feel free to shoot me mail in game if you get a chance.
Cheers again.
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Vandoxarr
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Posted - 2010.04.08 00:26:00 -
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Edited by: Vandoxarr on 08/04/2010 00:26:09
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Kurri Conway
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Posted - 2010.04.08 00:32:00 -
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Pretty sure Ester has gone Awol, but I will continue to post non the less. I enjoyed reading these type of threads when I was starting out. Lol ohhh yes 3 weeks was a long time ago friends :)
Anyways I am now up to about 150 Million Net worth. 90% of that is tied up in Buy/sell orders still operating out of Amarr Trade Hub. I am normally updating orders 3 or 4 times spread through the day. Turn over is decent for most of my products. I have pretty much weeded out my products that were selling too slow (when I started out I didnt really pay enough attention to the Quantity of the item being sold, just the profits :P Newb mistake. I am also gradually replacing cheap products for more expensive ones with perhaps a slightly lower turnover rate / profit margin, but larger gross profit per sale.
I juggle about 60 orders at the moment. I am pretty much over just training Trade skills now. I cant go too much further without training skills requring several days to complete. I have decided to keep my trade skills as they are for now, re-map attributes for more PVE/Mission training and have some fun.
Will update again. Still welcoming hint/tips etc. Catch yas.
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Lori Salvadoria
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Posted - 2010.04.08 12:29:00 -
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Sounds like you're progressing nicely.
Once you get into the 50-150 mil range, you're usually fit to aim for Jita. THat doesn't mean that you can't earn big bucks elsewhere though. After all, those who make the most isk, make sure to make that isk in every way they can, and everywhere they can.
I'd like to pop one myth though.
You can definitely start trading at Jita with just a few millions. There are several products that net 200-500% profit. Combine that with mission running or inter-region / NPC hauling, while you continously invest in the market.
That's the thing though. ISK that just sits in your wallet won't grow on its own.
Regardless. This is how I introduce my aspiring traders to the business, and most of them usually go from 1-2 mil to 50+ mil within a week. And from there it just goes faster and faster.
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Vandoxarr
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Posted - 2010.04.09 01:22:00 -
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Edited by: Vandoxarr on 09/04/2010 01:23:10 Good stuff.. what happened to Ester ?
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Kurri Conway
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Posted - 2010.04.09 03:04:00 -
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Thanks Lori, Yeah have been thinking wether or not to head to old Jita town. I think I will give my current hub(s) a few more weeks and see if they continue to provide. I have latched on to a few items now worth a few mill each now which turn over pretty fast and double my investment. I can see myself boosting up to the 200-300 mill range fairly quickly if things continue.
As for the hauling from/to other hubs, I havnt really gotten a good taste of this yet (apart from some small time NPC good hauls early in the game). I would be interested in hearing a bit more about this side of things. Sounds attractive as its pretty much instant profits, no sitting around waiting for sell orders to go.
Anyways thanks for your post and interest in my ventures. Goodluck to you !
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Grayclay
Caldari Van Uber. Order of the Rising Sun
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Posted - 2010.04.09 03:38:00 -
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Use eve metrics or eve central to find intra-regional prices. Hauling is incredibly boring. Keep up the work. I turned 30mil into 300mil in 3 weeks just buying and selling, you'll go far if you put the effort in =)
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Cyaxares II
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Posted - 2010.04.09 05:29:00 -
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Originally by: Grayclay Use eve metrics or eve central to find inter-regional prices.
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Kurri Conway
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Posted - 2010.04.10 23:20:00 -
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Wow, just wow.. . .
Just when I really felt like I was starting to make momentum and progressing nicely disaster strikes....
I logged on this morning to see my wallet displaying just over 1 million...
Looking through the wallet journal I saw a transaction for 64 million for a contract (I never created) for 1 item to go 2 jumps (item worth a measly 40k).
Seems my account was hacked while I slept, I have no idea how and no idea why. Have logged a petition for now, wait and see what they say.
Pretty gutted. Alot of hard work to lose such a large chunk of hard earned isk. I know its not much to most of you out there though, and thats the way I am looking at it. In a few more weeks 60 mill is going to look like chump change to me :P
Not all is lost, I still have 100 mill tied up in buy/sell orders.
Just leaves a sour taste in your mouth you know ?
Well I am currently changing all my PW's and running virus/bot/malware checks on my pc...
Minor set back for this Trader... can't keep me away from making isk !! :P
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Kurri Conway
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Posted - 2010.04.11 00:02:00 -
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P.s thanks to Gray and Cya for your inputs :) I have used Eve-central a fair bit when dealing with the NPC stuff. Not sure that I have quiet fine tuned my use of it to work well with player made/ ship mod/weapons/high lvl meta items yet though... Will give it another go.
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Grayclay
Caldari Van Uber. Order of the Rising Sun
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Posted - 2010.04.13 01:12:00 -
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Originally by: Kurri Conway P.s thanks to Gray and Cya for your inputs :) I have used Eve-central a fair bit when dealing with the NPC stuff. Not sure that I have quiet fine tuned my use of it to work well with player made/ ship mod/weapons/high lvl meta items yet though... Will give it another go.
Yeah no problem, glad to see you being successful despite the setbacks you've encountered. Good to see someone else flourish, as long as they're not in my hub =)
If you want to talk about trading in-game feel free to eve-mail or convo me. I'm no genius, but I've stayed steadily profitable with no loss whatsoever.
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Kurri Conway
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Posted - 2010.04.14 02:27:00 -
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Crisis over, nobody panic!
I have been reimbursed of the money hacked and now stronger than ever. I had almost made it all back anyways by the time the GM sorted it all out :P No idea how it happened but I have done a thorough clean up and from now on I will be a bit more selective of where I go looking for Eve info. . . . some dodgy dodgy sites out there.
Hey Gray, thanks mate, yeah I agree, you rule the Caladri domains and I'll stick to Amarr :P Its FFA in Jita though :P Will def hit you up in game for a chat sometime soon. Pick your trading brain. Good luck as always mate.
Pretty much at 200 mill now, woooot. Going safe and steady. Just bought a pimped out Omen to have some PVE fun in. Lovin it.
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Rykker Bow
Gallente The Blackfold Brotherhood
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Posted - 2010.04.14 02:34:00 -
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wow, good news Kurri. Glad to hear you got your isk'ies back. In only 4 days too..nice.
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Kurri Conway
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Posted - 2010.04.19 02:40:00 -
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240 mills and rolling now. A bit slow changing over to new and faster markets is holding me back though. I may be getting a little confined in my Trade Hub now. The Isk is still steadily ticking over though... but yeah.. really only 120 mill working for me in buy/sell orders and the rest sitting in the wallet doing sweet F/A.
Maybe some bold new adventures await me. New expansion coming in next few weeks though. Maybe I will hoard until then and see what new oppertunities come with Tyrannis. . . .
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Kurri Conway
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Posted - 2010.05.03 02:53:00 -
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Bit of an update. I have cleared the 500 mill mark now. After my last post I re-worked my trading items/culled the ones slowing me down and moved into some bigger/scarier items. I have even had a dabble into some speadsheet working to investigate potential lucrative trade items and pick a winner from a bunch of potentials. So far it seems to have paid off.
It has been pretty smooth moving, still only checking orders before work and before bed time for 20 mins a time. Prob averaging 40 mill profit a day now, but have had some slow days where I wasnt even online.
I am still in my low end trading hub. I still feel as though there is enough movement to justify staying. Jita will always be there I suppose. I just think the speed of this hub suits my play style better, In Jita my orders would be quickly overrun and I would be stagnant, not moving much.
Still welcoming any advice from you pro's out there. Thanks to everyone who have mailed me so far !
Hopefully looking to hit the 1 bill mark sometime soon. Its going to be a very rewarding milestone for me. Too bad the original poster Ester didnt hang around. (lol she prob reached 1 bill a few weeks ago :P)
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Rykker Bow
Gallente The Blackfold Brotherhood
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Posted - 2010.05.03 03:04:00 -
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Congrats Kurri. 500m is a big milestone. 1b is right around the corner. So is Jita  With only updating orders twice a day it may be better to wait till you have a bigger bankroll to place many diversified orders to make it profitable tho. But it sounds like you have the smaller hub trading tuned in for you. WTG and good luck
- Rykker
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hinch
Gallente Legio Victor Requiem-Aeternam
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Posted - 2010.05.03 11:21:00 -
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anyone telling you you can't start in jita is talking rubbish.
i started in jita with 5k upto about 24 mill now in about 8 hours of game play Furious Angels Research and Development. Fully researched BPO's, BPC's and T2 invented BPC's to order. FA BPO and BPC Shop |

Graysson
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Posted - 2010.05.03 11:38:00 -
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Patience is the key, as always, paduwans.
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Kurri Conway
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Posted - 2010.05.18 01:36:00 -
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Reached 1 bill some time on the weekend ! Woot !
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Grellek Duval
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Posted - 2010.05.18 17:40:00 -
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Really nice to read these threads, even though i've browsed a dozen of them in the few weeks ive been around.
I've got a similar plan as yours, pick out a smallish hub and work it for a while, but ive got a little more long-term plan for myself. Ive been spending time getting into the basics of mining, mission running, as well as pvp/researching/industrial. While it's been a big time sink without much profit, I feel like i'm getting valuable insight into the drive behind some markets.
My skill plan doesnt have me investing a lot into trading skills for another month or so, but i've got a lot of motivation from this thread. Thanks for the narrative and good luck =). |

Trebor Whettam
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Posted - 2010.05.18 18:08:00 -
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Originally by: Grellek Duval My skill plan doesnt have me investing a lot into trading skills for another month or so, but i've got a lot of motivation from this thread. Thanks for the narrative and good luck =).
If you want, you can jump right in with minimal skills. Having high standing an good broker / accounting skills has a much bigger impact on the low margin / high volume items, which don't start making sense until you have a lot of capital. For high margin items, loosing a percent or two doesn't cut nearly as deep.
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Grellek Duval
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Posted - 2010.05.18 19:29:00 -
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Originally by: Trebor Whettam
Originally by: Grellek Duval My skill plan doesnt have me investing a lot into trading skills for another month or so, but i've got a lot of motivation from this thread. Thanks for the narrative and good luck =).
If you want, you can jump right in with minimal skills. Having high standing an good broker / accounting skills has a much bigger impact on the low margin / high volume items, which don't start making sense until you have a lot of capital. For high margin items, loosing a percent or two doesn't cut nearly as deep.
Thanks for the tip, that's definitly good to hear. I'm more or less playing into several other aspects of the game to see what is driving the markets there. I hear alot about mission hubs, mining gear, pvp fittings, etc. but, i thought it would be beneficial to spend a month or two "in the field," so to speak, so i'm better able to sense the market values. Perhaps i'm going overboard in my preperation. =)
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Yiulian
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Posted - 2010.05.19 08:46:00 -
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Edited by: Yiulian on 19/05/2010 08:47:29
Originally by: Trebor Whettam
Originally by: Grellek Duval My skill plan doesnt have me investing a lot into trading skills for another month or so, but i've got a lot of motivation from this thread. Thanks for the narrative and good luck =).
If you want, you can jump right in with minimal skills. Having high standing an good broker / accounting skills has a much bigger impact on the low margin / high volume items, which don't start making sense until you have a lot of capital. For high margin items, loosing a percent or two doesn't cut nearly as deep.
I concur with this. Having only been trading for three weeks myself I've recently started an alt and you really don't need any trading skills for the kind of stuff you should be looking at trading. All you need is Trading III, Retail II or III or so you can put enough orders up. Broker Relations won't hurt cause it's a cheap skill (Social I prereq only) and will give you a quick boost. Accounting is probably not worth the 4.5M investment until you've made a pretty bundle. 3 weeks on I'm trading with 600M (starting with around 1M) and I still don't really see a lot of returns, although as my daily turnover increases and my profit margins move away from 100% more towards 30-40%, there is a bit more of a point.
One skill that might be worth working towards in Day Trading. If you don't have a second account and don't want to sit in the station all day, Day Trading is your friend. At lvl 2 or 3 it will allow you to change orders from 5/10 jumps out. So you can run missions, haul stuff or mine while still 0.01 isking as much as you desire.
<edit> I should mention that Day Trading is vastly more expensive again and you need Accounting anyway, but it's still a very nice skill to have once you can afford to get it.
BTW also don't listen to people saying you need a certain amount of experience/isk to trade in Jita, it's BS. High volume = high potential for profit. And besides, I've been trading in Amarr recently and the 0.01 isking there is at least as fierce, if not more, than in Jita, but the daily volumes are much lower.
If you want a tip on something I started with and that got me to about 80M from 1M in five days of 0-risk hauling and trading in Jita, convo me in game.
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Negril Breeze
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Posted - 2010.05.19 16:51:00 -
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Originally by: Yiulian
BTW also don't listen to people saying you need a certain amount of experience/isk to trade in Jita, it's BS. High volume = high potential for profit. And besides, I've been trading in Amarr recently and the 0.01 isking there is at least as fierce, if not more, than in Jita, but the daily volumes are much lower.
I've found the same thing in Amarr and I can't quite figure out why it is. It doesn't seem to be a great choice of trading hub if you're not ready to commit some time to modifying orders. |

Nyx Thyme
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Posted - 2010.05.19 22:26:00 -
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Originally by: Kurri Conway Reached 1 bill some time on the weekend ! Woot !
Congratulations on reaching an important milestone. I'm a dedicated trader since November 2009 and this is my first post to the boards. I reached the 1B ISK mark about a month ago but I was involved in some high risk hauling through low sec and I probably lost 1.5B to pirates before I got my cloaking skills up. Anyway, if you want to compare notes just drop me a line in game. Best of luck and fly safe.
Regards, Nyx Thyme
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Vandoxarr
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Posted - 2010.05.24 02:44:00 -
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Thanks Nyx, yes it was/is very rewarding ! But now back to the grind. After 1 billion comes 2. :P I would def be keen to talk trade with you. In fact once uni stuff is out of the way for the sememster I will look you up for sure.
As for the Amarr/Domain as potential for trade hub/station trade, It has been ok for me (I think), I have traded some items that you are lucky to be at top of the pile for more than 5 mins at any one time !! I dont really have anything else to compare too though, havnt tried jita. Wow I really need to get out there. . . lol.
Btw Kurri Conway = me. Hi !
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Yiulian
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Posted - 2010.05.24 09:41:00 -
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I also reached the 1B mark sometime between Friday and Saturday this weekend.
Trading with a higher bankroll is definitely nice as it allows more of a spread, including expensive but slower moving items that are not as competitive so even on weekends when I can hardly play at all (like this long weekend with family obligations and a compulsive need to be outside due to the sun finally arriving) I can still make like 100M a day with two or three price updates.
1000B inc I think ;-)
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Drew Jerac
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Posted - 2010.05.25 14:40:00 -
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Not too sure if it'll be any help as I'm talking about trading from 5,000 upwards (but all over the place not just station trading) and have little idea of what I'm doing (always fun to discover new things though and I think I'm making some good progress regardless :p) But I've made a log of what I've been doing, the link is in my sig maybe it'll have something useful in it.
As for public investments, I'd steer well clear of those until you have a bit more capital and can absorb a potential loss through scaming etc. ----------
Where can you end up with just 5,000isk and the Market Interface? I have no idea but I intend to find out: Drew Jerac's Log |
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