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What trading tools do you use?

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2015 12:47 am
by Troc
Hello CMDRs,

Share which tools you enjoy most for trading and getting the best profit.

I like to use Trade Dangerous. It is a command line driven trading tool. It takes a little to set up but works wonders.
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=34986
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=117096 <--- GUI interface for Trade Dangerous. With an active developer that takes suggestions and adds them in.

http://www.elitetradingtool.co.uk/ I like this for finding trade routes and rares.

What do you use Commander?

Re: What trading tools do you use?

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2015 1:25 am
by clivewil
i've got Slopey's BPC (Best Price Calculator) but i don't use it to set up routes etc. yet as i haven't quite figured it out, - it's quite complex, i only use it to determine item locations and popular areas.

i'll have a look into Trade Dangerous.

Re: What trading tools do you use?

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2015 3:00 am
by Troc
Before I found trade dangerous and Thrudd's Trading Tools I tried using slopey's BPC but never used it to the full potential.

When im trading I always use Elite OCR, https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=68771, to update Thrudd's and my local database for trade dangerous.

Re: What trading tools do you use?

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2015 6:10 am
by Loriath
Troc wrote:Before I found trade dangerous and Thrudd's Trading Tools I tried using slopey's BPC but never used it to the full potential.

When im trading I always use Elite OCR, https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=68771, to update Thrudd's and my local database for trade dangerous.


I too use Thrudd's Tools and Elite OCR.

Since Slopey introduced Overlays into BPC I downloaded it and it has so many options that I am confused on how to do what I do simply with Thrudd's. I am sure that it has a lot of power that I would need to figure out.

I also have downloaded and am looking at Regulated Noise as it is an all in one package that has built in Automatic OCR. It also sets up a webserver that you can access on a second monitor or device as an interface to it. It looks promising, but I need to spend more time with it to get it working properly and see what it can really do.

Until then, I will continue to use Thrudd's Tools and EliteOCR to keep track of things. I also am happy that EDDN exists so that crowd sourcing the trade data is available. If a tool is not connected to EDDN, then I probably won't use it no matter how good it is.

Re: What trading tools do you use?

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2015 7:56 am
by Boozeman
Hi,

I use Trade Dangerous. I have scripted Bash-frontend for it to my Linux-box. Start Elite on Steam, so I can use it's overlay browser. Linux-box has package shell-in-a-box. It is ssh-shell web frontend. You can then figure out rest :-)

Always add new stations on TD and visit at least one of then for the trading data. EliteOCR is on use too. When importing the data with EliteOCR I always double check every lines of data before sending to EDDN and TD import.prices file.

Re: What trading tools do you use?

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2015 12:21 pm
by HAMM3R
I'm using Inara. Quite handy especially with Overwolf. (Although Overwolf's browser is rubbish. But it does the job.)

Re: What trading tools do you use?

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2015 3:59 pm
by Vences
Inara.cz. Very handy. Never used it with Overwolf though.

Re: What trading tools do you use?

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 4:48 pm
by Ev Tankero
Hoi!

[size=50]...well, the "electricians from down under" usually shout some more 'Hoi's out, don't they?
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Up to date, I have mostly (ab)used the Slopey's tool, occasionally cross-checking info with that on the Thrudd's tool.
Although I gave a plus and whatnot to the developer of the Inara, I have not yet even downloaded, nor installed that tool... :oops: I will give that tool a try too, eventually.

Ev Tankero

Re: What trading tools do you use?

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 9:06 pm
by M. Kowalsky
there's nothing to download for Inarra, it's all web based

Re: What trading tools do you use?

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 11:25 pm
by Niantiel
I like qazil astro analytics but i can't see the ETA on trade data. 70% is inaccurate.
Thrudds is partially down and i simply cannot make slopey's work. It's really slow, every time asks for my ED directory and shows runtime errors.
:/