Trade Opportunities¶
Finds profitable station-to-station hauls by comparing cached sell orders at a source station against buy or sell orders at a destination, then packs the best items into a cargo-and-budget-limited shopping list.
Open it from the left sidebar under Market / Trade.
What it shows¶
A results grid, one row per item type worth hauling, sorted by total profit by default:
| Column | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Item | Type name. Double-click a row to open it in the Item Browser. |
| Sell Price | Cheapest sell-order price at the source station (your buy cost per unit). |
| Dest Price | The destination price you sell into — the best buy-order price, or the cheapest destination sell price, depending on mode. |
| Profit / Unit | Dest price minus source sell price. |
| Profit / m³ | Profit per unit divided by packaged volume — the ranking metric for the underlying scan. |
| Qty | Units to buy, capped by available orders, cargo space, and your ISK budget. |
| Volume (m³) | Total packaged volume for that quantity. |
| Total Cost | Quantity × source sell price. |
| Total Profit | Quantity × profit per unit. |
A footer summary (shown after a run) gives loaded Volume (used / cargo), total Cost, and total Profit. A status line reports the item-type count and m³ loaded, or messages such as no opportunities found.
Using it¶
- Mode — choose how the destination price is evaluated:
- Buy Sell → Sell to Buy Order — buy from source sell orders, sell into destination buy orders. Only destination buy orders priced above the source cost are counted (junk 1-ISK orders are ignored).
- Buy Sell → Undercut Sell Order — buy from source sell orders and resell against the destination's own sell orders (only where the destination sell price beats your cost).
- From / To — pick the source and destination stations (type to filter). Only stations with cached orders appear; they must be different.
- Cargo (m³) — your hauler's capacity (default 60000). The list is packed to fit.
- ISK Cap — optional budget ceiling; leave blank for no limit.
- Min 30d ISK Vol / Min 30d Unit Vol — optional liquidity filters that drop items whose 30-day traded volume (ISK or units) in the destination region falls below the threshold.
- Exclude Groups — click + Add Group to exclude a market group and everything nested under it (e.g. skip Blueprints or Ships). Excluded groups appear as chips; click ✕ to remove one. Exclusions are saved between sessions.
- Click Calculate. A progress overlay shows while the scan runs.
The algorithm walks candidate items from best profit-per-m³ downward, buying as many units of each as available orders, remaining cargo, and remaining ISK allow, until the hold or budget is full. Click any column header to re-sort the results.
Notes¶
- This tool compares two markets, so you need cached orders for both the source and destination stations. Make sure you have at least two market price sources configured and refreshed — see Configuring Markets.
- The Min 30d volume filters read cached market history for the destination region. If that region's data hasn't been loaded, the tool cannot resolve it and the calculation stops with a message — refresh market data for the destination, or clear the filters.
- Prices reflect the last cached order sweep; they are a snapshot, not a live quote, so verify in-game before committing to a large haul.
- Related tools: Market Overview for regional demand context, and Market Levels for watching restock levels at a single station.