Whats the best way to trade

[SpentFuelRodsBelongInOcean]

im trying to understand how to make profitable trades so i can afford the pyhthon, i have 1 million now, i tried just buying exports from refinery economies and then selling them to industrial economies but it clearly isnt that simple cause i los money doing that, so should i do trade missions or just freelance it?

[Agony_Aunt]

There are many factors that can affect what makes a profit, especially system/faction states.

You either need to do quite a bit of reading up on how trading works in ED, or use a trading tool/website that will tell you where to find good trading routes.

[dubpunk]

use and external site like eddb to find commodties at an afordable price close to you then import them to a place you will make profit. You can buy trade data in game or go to a station to get it. Then use the market in game to select best export porfits to the station you want to import to. I can imagine you will be looking to make 500k-2mill a run in that ship and if you want fast profit I would use the ship to transport cargo missions for a couple of mill a pop whilst filling the unfilled cargo with your own cargo you know will make profit based on the ingame market. Be carefull of shipping illegal items in certain systems.

Systems with high demands are usually willing to pay more so if you know that a station buys with a demand of +22% and you know a place that sells at -45% >profit

[NegativeX]

Originally posted by Thermite:

im trying to understand how to make profitable trades so i can afford the pyhthon, i have 1 million now, i tried just buying exports from refinery economies and then selling them to industrial economies but it clearly isnt that simple cause i los money doing that, so should i do trade missions or just freelance it?

I'll tell ya what I did to get my Python. (may not be the best way, but it worked for me and quickly)

Buy a Type 6 initially and retrofit it to be light (no weapons) and max cargo space. (I even ditched the shields on mine as well)

But I was able to afford my Python and A rate it in a day or two in my Type 6 a couple weeks ago by just by finding a system in famine and then doing buy & return runs. I would pick missions I knew I could buy multiple commodities from a single station. After you rank up to Friendly/Allied w/ that station, I was easily getting 1-2 million on some missions and completing 2-3 at a time. I think I was cranking out about 10-20 million an hour in my Type 6. (I did upgrade to a Type 7 in the middle of it to double my cargo space... since it was cheap and I didn't need to A rate it other than the FSD)

Use eddb.io to find the closest stations and their commodities to wherever your're doing the missions.

You can find systems in Famine by filtering it in your map.

I didn't buy my Python til I had about 120 million credits, since you really need to get it A rated to make it shine. Also to make sure you have enough for the insurance in case you lose it.

[SpentFuelRodsBelongInOcean]

Originally posted by NegativeX:

Originally posted by Thermite:

im trying to understand how to make profitable trades so i can afford the pyhthon, i have 1 million now, i tried just buying exports from refinery economies and then selling them to industrial economies but it clearly isnt that simple cause i los money doing that, so should i do trade missions or just freelance it?

I'll tell ya what I did to get my Python. (may not be the best way, but it worked for me and quickly)

Buy a Type 6 initially and retrofit it to be light (no weapons) and max cargo space. (I even ditched the shields on mine as well)

But I was able to afford my Python and A rate it in a day or two in my Type 6 a couple weeks ago by just by finding a system in famine and then doing buy & return runs. I would pick missions I knew I could buy multiple commodities from a single station. After you rank up to Friendly/Allied w/ that station, I was easily getting 1-2 million on some missions and completing 2-3 at a time. I think I was cranking out about 10-20 million an hour in my Type 6. (I did upgrade to a Type 7 in the middle of it to double my cargo space... since it was cheap and I didn't need to A rate it other than the FSD)

Use eddb.io to find the closest stations and their commodities to wherever your're doing the missions.

You can find systems in Famine by filtering it in your map.

I didn't buy my Python til I had about 120 million credits, since you really need to get it A rated to make it shine. Also to make sure you have enough for the insurance in case you lose it.

i found a system in famine but all the missions are very low paying

[Tembies]

Originally posted by Thermite:

Originally posted by NegativeX:

I'll tell ya what I did to get my Python. (may not be the best way, but it worked for me and quickly)

Buy a Type 6 initially and retrofit it to be light (no weapons) and max cargo space. (I even ditched the shields on mine as well)

But I was able to afford my Python and A rate it in a day or two in my Type 6 a couple weeks ago by just by finding a system in famine and then doing buy & return runs. I would pick missions I knew I could buy multiple commodities from a single station. After you rank up to Friendly/Allied w/ that station, I was easily getting 1-2 million on some missions and completing 2-3 at a time. I think I was cranking out about 10-20 million an hour in my Type 6. (I did upgrade to a Type 7 in the middle of it to double my cargo space... since it was cheap and I didn't need to A rate it other than the FSD)

Use eddb.io to find the closest stations and their commodities to wherever your're doing the missions.

You can find systems in Famine by filtering it in your map.

I didn't buy my Python til I had about 120 million credits, since you really need to get it A rated to make it shine. Also to make sure you have enough for the insurance in case you lose it.

i found a system in famine but all the missions are very low paying

You really need to get your reptuation up with a faction before they'll hand out good paying missions. The good news is that it doesn't take that long. If you stack a bunch of missions from one faction you'll likely get close, if not all the way ranked up.

[NegativeX]

Originally posted by Thermite:

Originally posted by NegativeX:

I'll tell ya what I did to get my Python. (may not be the best way, but it worked for me and quickly)

Buy a Type 6 initially and retrofit it to be light (no weapons) and max cargo space. (I even ditched the shields on mine as well)

But I was able to afford my Python and A rate it in a day or two in my Type 6 a couple weeks ago by just by finding a system in famine and then doing buy & return runs. I would pick missions I knew I could buy multiple commodities from a single station. After you rank up to Friendly/Allied w/ that station, I was easily getting 1-2 million on some missions and completing 2-3 at a time. I think I was cranking out about 10-20 million an hour in my Type 6. (I did upgrade to a Type 7 in the middle of it to double my cargo space... since it was cheap and I didn't need to A rate it other than the FSD)

Use eddb.io to find the closest stations and their commodities to wherever your're doing the missions.

You can find systems in Famine by filtering it in your map.

I didn't buy my Python til I had about 120 million credits, since you really need to get it A rated to make it shine. Also to make sure you have enough for the insurance in case you lose it.

i found a system in famine but all the missions are very low paying

:edit:

^ Dymhsa covered it. :)

When you're below friendly/allied the payouts suck no matter where you go. But you can rank up your reputation really fast... especially if you take the +++ Reputation reward choice initially over the higher payout.

[SpentFuelRodsBelongInOcean]

Originally posted by NegativeX:

Originally posted by Thermite:

i found a system in famine but all the missions are very low paying

:edit:

^ Dymhsa covered it. :)

When you're below friendly/allied the payouts suck no matter where you go. But you can rank up your reputation really fast... especially if you take the +++ Reputation reward choice initially over the higher payout.

aight thanks, when do the really good misions start to come out, like what specific rep, so far the only million dollar ones were transporting 2000 tons of fish

[Toastie Buns]

It's not even good fish

[Sir Gigachad of Thundercock]

eddb.io, select loop routes, make one with your max jump range and your max tonnage, buy all the things you need and do the route over and over until it's no longer profitable.

[NegativeX]

Originally posted by Thermite:

Originally posted by NegativeX:

:edit:

^ Dymhsa covered it. :)

When you're below friendly/allied the payouts suck no matter where you go. But you can rank up your reputation really fast... especially if you take the +++ Reputation reward choice initially over the higher payout.

aight thanks, when do the really good misions start to come out, like what specific rep, so far the only million dollar ones were transporting 2000 tons of fish

Usually start popping up once you hit Friendly.