how to buy and sell?

[aragonbattlebone]

Should I buy on Red and sell on Green in the Market?
it seems logical, but some of the prices seem lower or higher then what the green and red markings show. (even for a large amount of produced goods in ports.)

[Laketa]

Originally posted by aragonbattlebone:

Should I buy on Red and sell on Green in the Market?
it seems logical, but some of the prices seem lower or higher then what the green and red markings show. (even for a large amount of produced goods in ports.)

buy goods that are green, sell goods that are green

[Recession]

I made a forum post about this earlier and have been trying to figure this out myself. The real conclusion I've come to is, its not really worth it to buy and sell until you have a lot of gold, around 30-50k, to hold in inventory.

What I've figured out so far is, a green arrow in the market seems to indicate a price that is increasing, and a red arrow in the market indicates a price that is decreasing. Normally, this means that a green arrow shows a low price which is good for buying, and a red arrow shows a high price which is good for selling. The arrows shown in your actual inventory are inverse of this, but can usually be ignored.

However, its virtually impossible to make money from goods except the ones at each port that are in shortage or surplus, indicated by the red and green cell phone reception bars. So when you do have 30-50k to spend, here is the strategy I've come up with:

When you enter any port, check what goods are in shortage and surplus.
Purchase a surplus (green cell phone bars) good until you see the arrow change from green to blue, maybe even purchase a bit less than that.
Store these goods in your bank, the bank is global and shares inventory across all outposts.
Keep playing normally and get lucky enough to find an outpost with a shortage (red cell phone bars) in the good which you've purchased. Sell until the price changes to a blue arrow, put whatever is leftover back in the bank.

This is incredibly tedious, relies on luck, and can take a long time to see profit. That's why you need to have a lot of money to hold in inventory. In the long run, you'll accumulate a few hundred of most trade goods as you keep buying and storing surpluses and waiting to sell in shortages.

[aragonbattlebone]

Originally posted by Recession:

I made a forum post about this earlier and have been trying to figure this out myself. The real conclusion I've come to is, its not really worth it to buy and sell until you have a lot of gold, around 30-50k, to hold in inventory.

What I've figured out so far is, a green arrow in the market seems to indicate a price that is increasing, and a red arrow in the market indicates a price that is decreasing. Normally, this means that a green arrow shows a low price which is good for buying, and a red arrow shows a high price which is good for selling. The arrows shown in your actual inventory are inverse of this, but can usually be ignored.

However, its virtually impossible to make money from goods except the ones at each port that are in shortage or surplus, indicated by the red and green cell phone reception bars. So when you do have 30-50k to spend, here is the strategy I've come up with:

When you enter any port, check what goods are in shortage and surplus.
Purchase a surplus (green cell phone bars) good until you see the arrow change from green to blue, maybe even purchase a bit less than that.
Store these goods in your bank, the bank is global and shares inventory across all outposts.
Keep playing normally and get lucky enough to find an outpost with a shortage (red cell phone bars) in the good which you've purchased. Sell until the price changes to a blue arrow, put whatever is leftover back in the bank.

This is incredibly tedious, relies on luck, and can take a long time to see profit. That's why you need to have a lot of money to hold in inventory. In the long run, you'll accumulate a few hundred of most trade goods as you keep buying and storing surpluses and waiting to sell in shortages.

Thank you!!! I'll definitely try that.. I didn't know you could even store trade goods in the beast bank... only equipment.. that is a really good tip to know. ^_^

[Gamerpureta]

After selling a lot of items in a port the price stays low for how long? Is it ever reseting? My strategy is not to buy, but just store all in the bank from the looting and carry in my inventory just 1 or 2 of each product to check the price. Check the market, if the price for selling is high i take all the stock from my bank and sell it untill it reach the first red arrow ( min. sell price ). I'm keeping a list of higer and lower selling prices.

Product Sell Max Sell MIn
Candies 95 70
Chicken Legs 63 53
Medicines 65 81
Pelican Eggs 60 45
Repair kits 100 90
Rubies 150 139
Rum 85 71
Wood 45 24

I start selling if above Sell min. price, but is not woth it, just sell when they pay max price. My advice.