Eve Online Market Interface

Lets have a more careful look at a fundamental function of the market interface that will help you earn more. There are two tabs, indicated by the white arrows, at the top left of the market interface. One is market data, the one most casual traders look at, and then there is the price history tab. Herein lies one of the keys to trading success.

I have placed two white arrows here in the price history tab that indicate a very important element of trade. This part of the graph shows how many units are being traded in a day over the whole region. Let me give you an example as to why this is important.


If you buy 2000 Drones at 3000ISK and list them for sale at 7000ISK you will make a nice profit, right? Maybe if you are lucky and can wait around a few weeks or a month for them to sell. The reason this may take so long is due to the amount traded daily. You bought 2000 Drones and if you were the only one selling them then you could possibly sell them in a day, but most likely there are several people selling the same item. There may be 100000 Drones for sale region wide and some will be cheaper so its going to take time.

For long term profits you can set up your sell orders and pull in the profits over time, regardless of how many units are traded daily. They will sell eventually.

For Day Trading the higher amount that is sold daily will more likely earn you an immediate profit.

Topava suggests trading Light Scout Combat Drones in Jita for long term profits.