Tasko Pal
Heron Corporation
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Posted - 2008.05.25 02:05:00 -
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 Originally by: Seb Balaak
Originally by: SencneS
Edited by: SencneS on 22/05/2008 15:29:52
Meant to get to this yesterday but found myself with the kids :)
1) A new column in the Market called "Seller" - Can list name, corp, or alliance I really don't care.
2) When click on an order and select buy - I want to buy from that person, not from the cheapest at the station.
3) Introduce discounts and surcharges according to personal standing for personal orders, Corporate standing for Corporate orders.
These three things would take market PVP to a whole new level, because lets face it, with 0.01 being one of our only few options for hard core market PVP, it needs a buff.
There's a reason why you can't exactly see who the bidders and sellers are in real life exchanges (and other rules/laws in place). I won't go into details but suffice it to say it will turn the market into chaos and ruin EVE-playability for the largest portion of eve-players and will only benefit a few (those with connections) for a short period of time (until the market is so chaotic it will destroy itself).
In short - a VERY VERY bad idea from an economic point of view (coming from a 12-year long options/futures trader)
OTOH, we're hiding relevant market information. I've actually participated in a market (did pretty well too) where the buyers and sellers of each transaction are public information. It's reciprocal information release though I imagine in practice everyone with serious money will trade behind proxies. Much as they do now in Eve.
And I don't get the hyperbola about the "chaos and ruin". If in the real world, every trade had to be publically identified with the people making the actual trade decision, trade would still go on. The need for the market didn't go away and traders still need to make ends meet. Even if every trade and book order I made is public information (and the whole world has incentive to study my every move because I'm such an awesome trader  ), there are all sorts of relatively cheap strategies for diluting these effects. For example, you have a legal license to pump and dump via feints.
Finally, we need to consider that while there are disadvantages to revealing trader information, there are also collective benefits. Knowing who is trading what makes the markets considerably more efficient.
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