antientity
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Posted - 2007.12.31 08:24:00 -
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This thread is quite general. My trade alts have been trading for 3 years now, in every market through ups and downs. I try to stay away from the constant .01s but thats getting harder. Mostly due to stupid traders who like to directly compete when its not needed, its better to share areas then to try to own it. If i get outbid at all hours of the day i usually end up driving up the market by millions since i'm not going to ever be on top for long. It's spite. But I'm a friend to the people who sell to buy orders since they are all much richer.
I tend to skip out on good deals cause I'm lazy. More often then not it turns out well. I prefer to play safe sometimes. At a certain point with billions unused, faction ships, mods its easier to do nothing. I have spent 8 hours .01ing people that i can only conclude could be farmers editing dozens of orders for hours.
Fun comes in manipulation, making other traders lose Isk. Or driving up the market then crashing it while making money on both sides. Losing money can be fun when you know it cost your competitors 10x. It is amazing how much manipulation happens if you watch closely. Jita is where most the games are played. So i can see how you lose billions if you just edit orders.
I have considered writing guides before, the couple i have written for friends. They always go wow, i never though of any of that stuff. Topics about psychological behavior of purchasers and other traders, fairly endless.
The entire billion isk has to be a catch phrase. You have to be inhuman to .01 that many high volume market orders. There is defiantly some markets where people need to buy in where some of the less intelligent people spent 10s of billions on risky buys based on what happened last time but forgoing the thought process of whats different this time around.
It still takes isk to make isk. But you have to be a certain type of person to deal with trading. There are many other ways or small nitches in every area. Ive seen people make killings everywhere, sometimes to ridiculous to be allowed, and its not exactly trading. Certainly seldom ever talked about and maybe thought about less.
One thing is for sure, its a daily cut throat activity. Or at least a grind. It may not seem like it at first but it gets bad. It can make you avoid the game just cause it turns into work. It all depends on how you play and what you value most.
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