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Hey everyone.
I was logging some of my trade data and my conclusions is as follows...
1. the best way to trade is to trade with only 2 systems with both stations under 500l from the star.
2. if you can find 2 stations under 1k light year apart in the same system it is better than option 1.
Here is the math.
FSD down time (screen and cooldown between jumps)
45 seconds or .75 minutes
Flying Docking time and commodity load out(per station)
2.625 minutes
example profit 300k a round trip.
Regular timing 6 minutes (5,6,7 mode)
average profit per minute with 120 cargo space 25000.
Step one to show maximum efficiency rate from a same system trade...
300000/5.25 = ~57K per minute
Now we take the amount of jumps (2,4,6,8,10 ect) and we'll ignore refueling because.. the numbers are already bad enough.
formula to apply is..
(total run profit / travel,dock,commodity time ) * ( FSD cooldown * jump amount) = amount of cash to offset the time lost
(300k / 5.25 ) * ( .75 * (example of 2) = 85k
which is a 28% loss from optimal trading of same system stations under 1000L apart.
The math applied looks like as follows.
1 system away 28% loss 85k needed in addition to 300k to compensate for time loss
2 system away 57% 171k
3 system away 85% 257k
4 system away 110% 342k
5 system away 142% 428k
if you are not doing back and forward trading and just 1 jump between your optimal is still '2' jumps.
When I take a look at the trading data and I generally make 250-300k per back and forth there are no competitive alternatives that are two systems away.
Basically there are no 4 jump runs that generate almost half a mill.
If you are looking for trading advice..
1. buy when high qty sell low qty check their demand ratings and flow and watch your margins shrink if you dump too much at once.
2. do not go farther than 1 jump away from the core system you are trading in.
3. do not choose a station more than 500l away
4. pair complementary economies
You'll most likely need to pair up with 1 high tech system and 1 resource/industrial system.
Higher the population the better.
Please let me know if you see any issues in this.
Thanks,
I was logging some of my trade data and my conclusions is as follows...
1. the best way to trade is to trade with only 2 systems with both stations under 500l from the star.
2. if you can find 2 stations under 1k light year apart in the same system it is better than option 1.
Here is the math.
FSD down time (screen and cooldown between jumps)
45 seconds or .75 minutes
Flying Docking time and commodity load out(per station)
2.625 minutes
example profit 300k a round trip.
Regular timing 6 minutes (5,6,7 mode)
average profit per minute with 120 cargo space 25000.
Step one to show maximum efficiency rate from a same system trade...
300000/5.25 = ~57K per minute
Now we take the amount of jumps (2,4,6,8,10 ect) and we'll ignore refueling because.. the numbers are already bad enough.
formula to apply is..
(total run profit / travel,dock,commodity time ) * ( FSD cooldown * jump amount) = amount of cash to offset the time lost
(300k / 5.25 ) * ( .75 * (example of 2) = 85k
which is a 28% loss from optimal trading of same system stations under 1000L apart.
The math applied looks like as follows.
1 system away 28% loss 85k needed in addition to 300k to compensate for time loss
2 system away 57% 171k
3 system away 85% 257k
4 system away 110% 342k
5 system away 142% 428k
if you are not doing back and forward trading and just 1 jump between your optimal is still '2' jumps.
When I take a look at the trading data and I generally make 250-300k per back and forth there are no competitive alternatives that are two systems away.
Basically there are no 4 jump runs that generate almost half a mill.
If you are looking for trading advice..
1. buy when high qty sell low qty check their demand ratings and flow and watch your margins shrink if you dump too much at once.
2. do not go farther than 1 jump away from the core system you are trading in.
3. do not choose a station more than 500l away
4. pair complementary economies
You'll most likely need to pair up with 1 high tech system and 1 resource/industrial system.
Higher the population the better.
Please let me know if you see any issues in this.
Thanks,
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