Trading Tips for the Noobies

[Jihadjoe]

was it mentionned?
Download FL stats.
A fun way of trading - but I wouldnt recomend this if you look for serious trading! Is to hop at random destinations using FL stats. You land at a base, pick up a commodity, check where its sold best and go there. Do that same over your next base, and next base.
Profit might be not really good, but hey, you explore, you see new systems, your trade route isnt dull, you get less pirated because you dont use the cramped out usual trade routes, I personally like it.
That is, until you fall on a station that sells nothing valuable...

That (except the flstat bit) is exactly how I came up with my routes for my smuggler (well I actually just flew around Sirius in a x-shuttle finding stuff) and now I have really good map data.

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