Commodity "Cheat Sheet"

CMDR Halfdan

CMDR Halfdan
I've created a single page summary of the commodities, what they cost, what profit can be made and where they can be best traded. I had already posted this in the eddb.io thread but it was suggested that it could be of interest to a wider group of CMDRs and I should start a new thread.

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions about the commodities sheet (or indeed about other ways to summarize the Elite: Dangerous commodities in Infographic form) then I will be happy to answer them in this thread.

The data comes from EDDN (via the rather good http://eddb.io/ web site) and I would like to thank those who have made both possible.

The stations were classified based on the commodities they trade (a list of the classifications has also been attached to this message). If there are any issues or improvements with that assignment I would be happy to see those discussed in this thread.

This attached pdf is intended for general use and may be freely distributed. It includes some information and images that are aknowledged to be the intellectual property of Frontier but it has not been endorsed by them in any way

I hope others will find this as useful as I have

CMDR Halfdan

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6 Feb: I've modified this message to have the most recent version (if you *really* want the out of date one message me)View attachment 29918

Since Feb 2015 I have ensured that this post has the latest version of the sheet at all times (currently from Aug 2015)

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25 May 2016: I've updated the sheet to reflect the new commodities available.

Looking at the changes it seems that Elite really hates traders. All the old commodities are generating less profit than they did (about 76% less) and the new commodities are so rare that they don't have any impact on the most profitable trade routes. Imperial Slaves are the most profitable, if you can find a good source and market, but trading them, on average, loses 400 Cr per ton.
 

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CMDR Halfdan

CMDR Halfdan
The EDDN data has been extended to add things like the station categories. There is not enough data yet to make it worth using their definitions, but they do show that the original station categorization was confusing "Refinery" and "Extraction". So I've fixed that, used the latest data and updated the Commodities Sheet

Here's the most recent version

CMDR Halfdan
 

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Quineloe

Quineloe
Why did you call it "get" and "put"?

as if buy sell supply demand inconsistencies weren't brainwrecking enough
 

FreakyNasty

F
why not use slopeys ED BPC, its kept up to date by players and has the ability to track the system your in commodities galour and various other features, there is a post for the download on the forum, just search for slopey. Brilliant tool for traders.
 

Whiterose

Whiterose
FreakyNasty said:
why not use slopeys ED BPC, its kept up to date by players and has the ability to track the system your in commodities galour and various other features, there is a post for the download on the forum, just search for slopey. Brilliant tool for traders.
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Because Slopey's tool does not necessarily cover the entire galaxy. I am deep in empire space and Slopeys tool often doesnt have the system I am in. I input the data manually, but this sheet is just as useful.
 

Quineloe

Quineloe
Whiterose said:
Sweet +rep. Very useful when in isolated areas where Slopey and Thrudd havent been.
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Not really, this is just general advice. This won't protect you from arriving with a shipment that for some reason is in Low demand at your destination and offers 100cr/t Loss.

For example, this sheet claims a pretty good profit on Marine Equipment, when in fact many agricultural stations have a very low demand for it and pay around 4k.
 
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Whiterose

Whiterose
Quineloe said:
Not really, this is just general advice. This won't protect you from arriving with a shipment that for some reason is in Low demand at your destination and offers 100cr/t Loss.

For example, this sheet claims a pretty good profit on Marine Equipment, when in fact many agricultural stations have a very low demand for it and pay around 4k.
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I appreciate that, but for me that is what i enjoy. I just move on and find somewhere else. Its different if you want max profits and go from a to b to a again for the rest of your life, but I prefer a to b to c to well you get the picture. Slopeys tool is excellent, but I am always of the opinion that the more "tools" there are the better.
 

Engadine

E
Hi,

Why is it that the Avg-Profit bar is larger when the profit is less?

Shouldn't it be the greater the profit, the larger the bar?

Or have I missed something?
 

Alien

Alien
I think this can be very useful, I don't understand what significance the amount of dark green as opposed to light green has (or dark pink as opposed to light pink). Is it a definable amount? Taking Fish as the example, I get that Agriculture stations sell it, but what significance is that amount of dark green?
 

Zylark

Zylark
It do not take into account net profit in absolute terms, only relative terms. So whilst it is fine making an 80% return on Algea or whatnot, it won't make you rich any time soon. Whereas a nice decent 10% on Palladium will. Relative profit smaller, actual credits gained much, much greater.

Personally I just go by experience when trading in unfamiliar space. I know what most systems of a given economy want or is eager to sell. If I stick around, I might look into the details of what makes the better profit.
 

mistohise

mistohise
Alien said:
I think this can be very useful, I don't understand what significance the amount of dark green as opposed to light green has (or dark pink as opposed to light pink). Is it a definable amount? Taking Fish as the example, I get that Agriculture stations sell it, but what significance is that amount of dark green?
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I believe it's showing the proportion of stations selling at high supply against med supply.
 
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