Elite Dangerous: Beginners Trading Guide

A guide to help you get your head around the world of trading with Elite Dangerous, and a few funky tips.
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[@EnderStory]

When leaving or entering a station stay on the side with the green lights to avoid oncoming traffic collisions ;)

[@misterdog7]

One of the best beginner tutorials, cheers!

[@Fast_TV.]

nice vid, ignore the comment about editing, i prefer to see the ENTIRE process if you dont need to watch a part people have a brain and will skip it. Thanks for this helped me out.

[@frankieduff1960]

finally someone who explained it now I can trade thanks 😊

[@MaxPSVR]

Thanks for that. That helps me a bit. I was a little confused about trading. Just wondering if PSVR will ever be supported

[@nok1888]

Mint video pal, subbed

[@Jazmillenium]

Thanks for this. That map was indeed daunting as fuck but this helps so much

[@AstroSpaceDiscoveries]

thanks a lot!

[@kateseesstars]

thamkyou for the tips!

[@HikingFeral]

It would have been good if you said "we can't go there....because" but as a new player this was already very helpful thanks :)

[@saj2392]

Made 1830 Cr profit on my first run and double that on my second. Thanks :)

[@DEM9271]

Should I go further out into the Galaxy to make money or can I still make decent money doing these runs but with a ship with more cargo cap?

[@quacktac]

DEM9271 It's been quite a while since I've played, but to the best of my knowledge you can make more money by doing LONGER trade runs, which requires going further out of the galaxy. I'm not sure if doing the same length trade runs, but further out of the galaxy, will make you more money. Having said that, if you go further out of the galaxy there are much more opportunities for making money from exploration alongside trade, which my friend ***** tells me is very very profitable.

[@gingerbeargames]

Quacktics are Go +DEM9271 not as profitable as trading sadly, good way to make money early on if you want to see cool stuff but don't want to get your head around numbers.Best thing to do is keep track of anywhere that is selling things a good amount under galactic average or buying a good amount above it, then find somewhere to buy and sell for profit, it'll take a while but if you need help with it www.reddit.com/r/EliteTraders should give some more insight. also, further in to the galaxy is a bad idea, most of it is empty and the stations are few and far between, head between populated systems and try and find systems that have a few stations. spend a little while and set up a spread sheet, worked for me ;) made around 5mil in as many hours

[@taxavoider9889]

I currently have the adder, I want to mine/trade. Would it be better for me to sell the adder for a hauler?

[@bernardsaavedra675]

Quacktics are Go...when you arrive to the EREVATE star, you say I'll choose Cleve Hub because it's closer, but if you look at the panel EREVATE 1 is closer, why do you choose Cleve Hub ?? I'm a newbie

[@quacktac]

Erevate 1 is a planet, not a station, so I would be unable to sell my cargo there. Another point, I tend to prefer traveling to large stations instead of small outposts because sometimes the outposts don't sell fuel.

[@bernardsaavedra675]

+Quacktics are Go 2 questions if u dont mind. When u open the panel, how do you know which one is a station and/or a planet? and how do you know which one is a large station and not a small outpost.

[@quacktac]

Bernard Saavedra The planets have a circular emblem,D the stations have either a hexagonal shape or a circle with another circle in the middle with a rectangle in the middle of that. Outposts have an odd TV ariel looking symbol.

[@bernardsaavedra675]

+Quacktics are Go Thanks mate !

[@primarypadma1591]

I play on the Xbox One and I may be doing something wrong, but when I go to the system map it never shows the Trade Data

[@orangexboom1858]

Hm... That's weird cause I see the trade routes

[@willembudde7512]

I use a 11ich laptop to gather trade list(in real time), when I got home will post the link

[@chrissabino7817]

How can you hover downwards when landing?

[@LiamADHD]

Chris Sabino press F for down R for up

[@banhammer7243]

I played this game on the BBC Micro and ZX Spectrum all those years ago, even played the equals too, finally in a position to buy this version and have spent some time trying to find just a basic step by step getting started tutorial on trading, just cannot find one. Even after watching this I am still none the wiser, this one has left me just as baffled. Now one seems to just do a very basic 101 guide everyone starts talking about aspects of the game, and clicking options to put colourful lines on the screen. Most frustrating.

[@quacktac]

This video is really out of date and honestly, I agree that didn't explain things as clearly as I could have.

[@banhammer7243]

I've bookmarked you channel so when I get used to the game a little more I'll have a watch and try and get a better handle on things.

[@DaSpooge]

Great video, but can you not read? You practically gave every system a new name.

[@bernardsaavedra675]

Why do you people have to go so fast with the DAMN MOUSE ??? Can't you see it says BEGINNERS GUIDE ???

[@quacktac]

I am planning on updating this tutorial in the near future to include the use of tools such as Elite Trading Tool. When I do I'll definitely keep that in mind. Thank you for the feedback!

[@majicMix911]

Terrible audio

[@mackemcabbie]

this is a beginner's video and you race through the menu far to quick. slow down man

[@quacktac]

djearthstu Thanks for the feedback, if I ever do more tutorials I'll definitely keep that in mind.

[@mackemcabbie]

Quacktics are Go no bother. also the menu is different now to the one I have

[@quacktac]

djearthstu Yeah, they've changed the menus quite a lot since this video went up, they take a bit of getting used to but they're fundamentally the same.

[@mackemcabbie]

How do you rate no man's sky and star citizen.

[@mackemcabbie]

Also my ship will only travel 6 light years max and can't travel to any system. How do I upgrade to travel further

[@gingerbeargames]

I guess this is good but you make it so long... 15 mins, where is the editing? THE EDITING?

[@cb-fy4sk]

SCREW THIS GAME, COULD NOT GET ANY CONTROLS TO WORK AND TUTORIALS EITHER DON'T WORK OR JUST PLAIN SUCK.

[@TheElvenKeys]

yep. no one has ever gotten the game to work. clearly

[@cb-fy4sk]

@@TheElvenKeys lol didn't say it wasn't possible. Just said I couldn't get it to work. Got to a point in the tutorial and I didnt know what to do and it wasn't telling me. Just had a frustrating moment. It definitely has a learning curve.