Autotrader is a simple version of EVE Trader. Here is step by step manual how to use this bot.

1) You need a character with at least 6 bils ISKs docked in a trade hub like Jita IV - Moon 4 - Caldari Navy Assembly Plant. Less ISKs means you cannot pay for omega from bot profit, especially if your trader is leveling trade skills yet. Remove all items you dont want to be sold from station inventory. Damaged items for sale must be repaired and repackaged. Stack items. Exit EVE.

2) Select AutoTrader algorithm as per picture above. Then complete first run.

3) Open settings panel. Click create history file and wait for completion (up to 30 minutes):

4) You have to trade in Jita IV - Moon 4 - Caldari Navy Assembly Plant.

5) Define broker's fee and sales tax. You should take this information from sell order installer window when you create order with not instant duration.

6) Define max orders you will use. Max orders can not exceed the number of order slots you have. The number of order slots you can have is visible in my orders window on the bottom.

7) Tick 'Sell Items' or/and 'Sell Ships' to activate trading items or ships. Tick 'Bulk Seller' if you dont want to buy new items, but sell your existing staff only. Bulk seller still continue to update existing buy orders. Again, if bulk seller is ON, bot will not create new buy orders. Bot will only install buy orders if you have enough items with total price > 10 millions. If you want to sell every item, enable bulk seller mode. Bulk seller mode has no total order price check.

8) 'Order Installation Interval (minutes)' used to skip order creation stage when no new orders is necessary to install. Order installation procedure takes time (up to 30 minutes, depending on your internet connection speed). The more frequently you ask bot to install new orders, the less time bot spend to update existing orders. Use 30 minutes when you have no orders or if total worktime per start is less then 3 hours to install orders twice per start.

9) 'Buy Order Duration' may be used to reduce/increase duration of buy orders. Sell order duration is always selected as 30 days.

10) Bot will split existng ISKs between available order slots to calculate how much items to buy. If you dont want to spend all ISKs or want to test bot and cancel orders later you can reduce max funds per buy order value. If you have lower ISKs then recommended, you can also reduce buy order size to install more orders.

11) Free ISK Reserve - define to always have free ISKs to transfer to different character. Make sure you have enough sell orders to reach this value before activating. Bot will not install new buy or sell orders if your ISK balance is lower then this value.

12) If you dont want to trade SKINS and BOOSTERS tick 'Exclude SKINS and BOOSTERS' tickbox. SKINS and BOOSTERS are frequently used to manupulate with prices as most of them are rarely used and price volatility is very high.

There are two frequent questions worth to answer in the manual:

• Q1: Autotrader does not sell items that have already been purchased. At least not all the ones he's already bought. Why is that?
  
  A1: Autotrader will not install very small orders. If bot purchased 99/100 items and sold, remaining order 1/100 still present and may finally get one piece of item purchased. If price for the item less then 5m bot will skip it. You can temporary activate bulk seller mode and bot will sell all items it can.
  A2: Bot will not install sell orders if selling to buy order is more profitable. Sometimes price goes up or down. Profit of buy/resell operation can go to zero at some stage. Traders do not install new buy or sell orders while profit restored, despite if traders do one side order.
  A3: Bot cannot install sell order because current price lower then minimal sell order price for the item. Bot will slowly adjust minimal sell order price. This normally happen when you just start using autotrader. A few days may be spent to auto adjust limiting prices to avoid price manipulations from players.
  A4: Bot cannot calculate profit at all if buy or sell orders disappeared. This is worst situation. Bot will wait while somebody install buy/sell orders to this position.
  
  
• Q2: Why autotrader does not update my order? There is big margin and I don't care about relist fee
  
  A1: Bot works on first come first serve basis. If older order present then your order and this older order is not abandoned (updated less then 12h ago) bot will not outbid it.
  A2: Orders has update count and if this update count increase update intervals also increase.
  A3: Bot may not outbid order because it is too small
  A4: Profit for the item dropped. Minimal profit to update buy order is 5%, and to update sell order is 1%