I’ve been using autotrader for over a year now and having read a lot of posts on the forums I gather more isk can be made with standard trader.... BUT, I am yet to find a decent guide on how to use standard trader - i.e. what settings to use to get started, when you change settings, how often is optimal to check for more profitable items, what % of profit to look for on an item, etc. etc.

I suspect I am not the only one in this respect and so if someone would be willing to put together a simple ‘idiots guide’ I think this would be useful for a lot of people.

Same here.... I lost billions trying to use this thing....

Ok so I’m going to try and teach myself to use standard trader, whilst reading the FAQ it says under market analyser....

Show Result (API)' - this will use new method to gather regional market data directly from eve API server. The process will take 0.5-20 minutes depending on your connection, processor speed and selected region. CCP, in principle, may flag bots using their API server, so better to run it in a virtual machine. To run this function in virtual machine you must have a copy of your trader license in program directory.

....is this still a relevant issue around being flagged for using the API server? Or are there so many third party apps using it these days that it’s not a problem?

"....is this still a relevant issue around being flagged for using the API server? Or are there so many third party apps using it these days that it’s not a problem?"

Hmm, that I would love to know as well.

There were no mass bans since I made this function. I think it is safe.