Virtual Markets, Part Ten: Interregional Trade Dynamics

Up-until this point, the trade strategies and reports we’ve developed for EvE Online all operate under the assumption that trade occurs within the economic vacuum of a single region. It is now time to break this barrier and begin investigating the possibilities of interregional trade. In this article, we will: Regional Comparisons Before delving into … Read more

Virtual Markets, Part Nine: Reprocessing

After all of our work on station trading, it’s time to take a breather with a far simpler (but still extremely effective) reporting exercise. In this article, we will: Before continuing, I would recommend returning to the third article in this series and reading the first few paragraphs for a quick refresher on the context … Read more

Virtual Markets, Part Eight: Station Trading

With our database now accruing EvE Online market data from ESI, it’s time to start putting it to work. In this article, we will: Assessing Past Techniques So far, we’ve applied a handful of different reporting strategies against OSRS market data. Let’s run through and assess how they might apply to EvE Online: Bid-Ask Spread … Read more

Virtual Markets, Part Six: An Introduction to Jita

In the past five articles, we took a deep-dive into the economy of the MMORPG Old School Runescape. Using market data provided by a public API, we developed and published various reporting workflows through the application of data analytics techniques. In the next few articles, we will build-upon what we have learned and apply our … Read more