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Hi @Expers, thank you for your comment :) I changed it as suggested ;)

Thanks this helps a lot.

Site recommendation, for the English side,

Sold at | Bought at

would be easier to understand as well as be more natural. :)

Because Sells feels like it is saying. Acid Sells Chemical Factory.

Good | C/V | Sells
Acid | ## | Chemical Factory

Thanks heleped a lot!

If I were to control the market for metal plates, which stations/factory do I destroy so I have a +30% on metal plates? Thanks!

maybe its just an emergent part of supply and demand, but it does look like there are built-in base price modifiers.. I'm having a hard time finding it though:

local basePrice = round(good.price * self.buyPriceFactor)
local price = round(good.price * supplyDemandFactor * relationFactor * stockFactor * self.buyPriceFactor)

okay.. "importance" isnt used except in determining what factories will produce. faction tax is applied to station selling prices (buying from station), but not station buying prices (selling to station).

tradingmanager.lua references trader.buyPriceFactor and trader.sellPriceFactor but I haven't found those yet..

there are definitely some patterns to the price margins, though.

I consistently see high positive/negative (+20 to +40, or -20 to -40) on raw materials like copper or whatever, and lower margins ( +/- 5-15 or so ) on finished goods.

You're right: shops definitely have a reputation based tax, its pretty clear in shop.lua. But I think there is also a default margin range based on either the "level" or "importance" from goodsindex.lua -- but I haven't found where it is implemented yet.

@Luke Turret Factories are special types of stations which sells randomly different types of trade goods. There apply other rules than on the "normal" stations. Otherwise I think, the specific price depends on the reputation to the faction of the station.

this is great!

do different types stations typically have different prices based on the station type? I know Turret Factories typically have very high sales margins, for example.

If that information is available, we could sort based on margin...