[TF2 2017] Trading Strategies I (Unusual Trading Guide Ep. 7)

So I was trying to hold off on making another one of these until after the Pyro Update hit, but apparently it still isn't out, so I guess I'm not gonna wait any longer. With my luck the update will come out later today and everything in this video will be irreverent to you guys. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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[@hobbokin706]

Long ago, high-tier Unusuals lived in harmony. Then, everything changed when the multi-class crates attacked.

[@TheVirtualEconomist]

tru

[@kcool3483]

Unusual Trading - The Last God Tier

[@happysedits]

I approve that effect in the thumbnail

[@dan_st1663]

Me to

[@ethhics]

>selling your unusuals >implying i even get any offers at all

[@mikeyes620]

same

[@jimmycoolguy32]

hey, hey, slow down here you need at least a year between the main non-extra unusual trading guide, i mean come on how are we supposed to get mad at you when we're subbed

[@TheVirtualEconomist]

idk man life's rough

[@jimmycoolguy32]

Knirp Jr, no idea, im not a trader at all, just interested in getting more in to it, this isnt the place to start... but it is a good place to learn the basics of everthing else by acident

[@MLGCaptainVirgil]

At first, I thought this waiting thing was terrible. I only got scammers requesting for over 3 months. I thought my adventure ended with me waiting aimlessly for an offer on my Terror-Watt Glengarry Bonnet. Then, just today, I receive a request to trade. I traded my hat for a Max's Head (team spirit) and 29.33 ref. It is all because this video taught me to list it on backpack and wait for a good offer. Thanks for giving me hope, Ben.

[@AimTech]

How to unusual trade. Hope someone wants to make less profit than you so they buy your hat for a few keys more than you payed.

[@xxcroutonxx]

I haven't watched yet but I'm excited! I recently found your channel and your videos are seriously encouraging me to get into the trading community. Keep up the good work man!

[@TheVirtualEconomist]

thanks for the kind words!

[@imelevated53]

*VIRTUAL ECONOMIST IS T H I C C*

[@BigBroccoli_]

Thanks for the trading strategies! But lowkey some of your sentry spots scare me.

[@nexmix5249]

Perfect timing making this video! In going to be getting my first unusual in 2 days, so this will definitely help me with making profit and selling it.

[@TheVirtualEconomist]

:)

[@DrJava-cg1jm]

You should write your own version of "The Art of the Deal"

[@MrBeef-sh3lc]

WE WILL MAKE TF2 GREAT AGAIN

[@matthewe0218]

Always loved trading. Absolutely love it. And my hats? The best. Nobody has better hats than me.

[@Vervse.]

I don‘t quite understand why you make a 3 Key Profit if you overpay 6Keys for the Smoking Modest. Could you explain please? (15:12) Thanks :)

[@RetiredOyster8]

Virtual Uploaded *Grabs Popcorn*

[@TheVirtualEconomist]

:)

[@marinesciencedude]

12:22 'BlueberryPieGirl~ has accepted BlueberryPieBoy~TM's "A Strong bond

[@boogerbrains5349]

marinesciencedude lmao I saw that notification a few days ago..

[@indiesage8332]

15:41 you made a typo. Unless there is a new update that added scout and soldier sats.

[@TheVirtualEconomist]

ye

[@indiesage8332]

ok

[@pablohoney2971]

Nothing is useless if you give it a pourpose...but i am too poor to give trading a pourpose for me

[@FufFuf123]

So give it a "poorpose", and it should work

[@pablohoney2971]

Tomas Medrano But I dont have the money needed to do it...

[@FufFuf123]

Lyonifyl the user Well, i was just making a very bad pun, but truthfully i wish you good luck

[@twelfydelfy2677]

Well i am also very poor but i went to a summer jo to buy unsualals

[@SpectrumTF]

is it weird that I was looking at that unusual on the thumbnail yesterday

[@hydroks3378]

Very... Or maybe not. kek

[@tuckkamui9962]

This vid has so much info my head is about to EXPLODE! But still good vid :)

[@HatsuneTku]

Please don't try to shoot people with the rescue ranger - me and every engie main

[@mrsyedhal4755]

Thank you man for this videos,u deserve the recognition

[@TheVirtualEconomist]

thanks man :)

[@josephstauss2033]

The latest possible, but if i find it hard to requicksell a high tier unusual, should i scrap.tf it and quickbuy instead?

[@Ellisdee2500]

THE LEGEND THE VIRTUAL ECONOMIST HAS BLESSED US WITH A AWESOME VIDEO WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR

[@TheVirtualEconomist]

:)

[@Ellisdee2500]

Can u add me on steam? my username is 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘅𝗼𝗻 u have to copy it because its not a norm font

[@vinchenzomix126]

Unusual trading question cause i'm stupid: is a Blizzardy Storm Tavish DeGroot Experience painted The Bitter Taste Of Default Lime, good to sell at ~13 keys and 16 keys overpay?

[@Johntrollston]

@TheVirtualEconomist do you think the nerf on the ambassador from the next update would lower the price of australium ambys??

[@Chillbot17]

Misc detail but, in keeping up with all of these videos, your speech pattern has become easily recognizable to me. Just something interesting I realized

[@yeetus6298]

thx so much these videos have made me alot of profit!!

[@TheVirtualEconomist]

np man!

[@Jojo_clowning]

I come here to see the gameplay, not get educated. Lol you can already know where I'm going with this.

[@somniad]

I mean, it helps that proactive trading is just a ton of fun

[@louna4341]

Can u do the same serie but with cosmetic/ks/taunt (around the 2 keys)

[@samuraiandy]

Man thx u virtual this video really helped me on my journey to making profit on unusual.

[@Foobar888]

hey watched most of your unusual video guides and I just wanted to ask, is it necessary to make use/follow every single one of information? Because I doubt I can remember everything

[@Foobar888]

What do you mean by downgrading I'm still not clear on that?

[@SonderCycle]

I go on unusual trade servers and they say they wont buy unusuals unless it is 10-15% off. How do I counter this?

[@JS-bn6bu]

Lucky

[@TheVirtualEconomist]

If people can buy unusuals for 10-15% off, you are definitely finding the right people lol. I think you meant something else.

[@JS-bn6bu]

I only find people saying 30-35%

[@SonderCycle]

Yeah, I meant they won't SELL unusuals unless it is 10-15% off. Sorry lol.

[@ASM6934]

Any suggestions on selling a harmburg Pe?

[@TheVirtualEconomist]

that's a sweet hat. I bet if you listed it on the classifieds you could get some offers on it. I bet you could get people interested in on trade servers. Just ask them to overpay tho!

[@martinbatt3154]

Really enjoy your videos!

[@TheVirtualEconomist]

:)

[@drippeeboye607]

its kinda funny how these videos apply to low tier trading as well.

[@Datboi1337PlaysGames]

When I go on trade servers I get lowballed so bad

[@strider984]

take a shot svery time he says unusual

[@ScottAFrizzell]

7:50 did that spy just try to stab the sentry? instead of sapping it?

[@cyruscheng499]

Good plqy

[@rileyhofstetter6322]

Ok are you ever gonna make another keys to riches? it was my favorite thing that you uploaded on your channel. I understand how hard it is to get content for that series, but it is the most fun thing to watch on your channel. :)

[@TheVirtualEconomist]

Right now I don't really have plans to make another one. I know it was super popular but it is a lot of work and prevents me from making other content that I really want to make.

[@zigsta693]

I actually love these videos

[@TheVirtualEconomist]

:)

[@TheNewMaxico]

hold up! a lot of the time you just say something like "just sell your unusual on a trade server" like it's some sort of magical place, where you can sell every cancer tier unusual full price. now I happen to really struggle with getting my unusuals sold and I also have no idea how to use trade servers, so are you going to make a video explaining how to use year servers effectively?

[@TheVirtualEconomist]

Tbh you can't sell any unusual for full pure on trade servers. However, they are a great place to buy and sell quicksells as well as a place to offer your bad unusuals on better ones like I talked about in the second strategy. A video about trade servers is definitely on my shortlist, so seeing a comment like this definitely makes me move it up on the priorities list :)

[@TheNewMaxico]

TheVirtualEconomist very well, I'm looking forward to it

[@louna4341]

I kept a miami night human cannonball even tho i got offered full pure and some decent overpay in item. 2 month later, got 2x the pure value on bp.tf XD

[@voidgaming5126]

Hey What do you use to edit, plz reply. Keep up good vids!

[@TheVirtualEconomist]

I use adobe premiere. If your looking to get it for yourself, it is quite expensive c:

[@KingDegroot]

Do you sell unusuals to buy hearthstone packs?

[@cyruscheng499]

Mx3e yea

[@righteousgaming2251]

i want to sell an aces high screamin eagle worth 25 keys i bought it for 19 how much should i sell it for?

[@TheVirtualEconomist]

if you can requicksell for 20 or 21, go for it. If not, look for offers on it on trade servers or maybe overpay like 1 key on a better tier unusual.

[@righteousgaming2251]

ok thanks

[@giuliomontuori5027]

Virtual Uploaded Grabs paper and pen

[@demophone9580]

Thanks a lot for the video! Also, did you send the TF Team your email yet on the multi class crate?

[@TheVirtualEconomist]

Yeah. No response however.

[@demophone9580]

The team probably did read through your email. They are just very quiet though.

[@antikerporsche7653]

ugh my issue is i have a god tier unusual and i really dont know what to do with it -_-

[@antikerporsche7653]

It's the burning flames bubble pipe. i like it but i want to get rid of it so i can get what i want.

[@wolfman6489]

That is literally. My dream unusual. Except I only have items and 4 keys :,(

[@antikerporsche7653]

aww that sucks man. its harsh as there is only 6 in the world lol

[@wolfman6489]

yeaaah I'm never gonna get one HAHA. Dreams are over. Jk, I must go on

[@antikerporsche7653]

fuzzychewbacca Nothing is impossible, like how i bought two creates and opened a god tier hat on the second one.

[@zahirbashir4671]

Wait, so why would you overpay?

[@TheVirtualEconomist]

To get a better unusual for your crappy unusual. The goal here is to get a new unusual that is good enough to get offers just by listing it on the classifieds.

[@zahirbashir4671]

So you would overpay with your bad unusual you quickbought for a good Unusual that sells for more than what you quickbought the bad Unusual for?

[@TheVirtualEconomist]

sure, that's one way to put it

[@zahirbashir4671]

Ok thanks man, cause I have been confused on why you would want to overpay, but now I know why, so again, thanks.

[@PatrickHolensaber]

Honestly, why do these come out so slowly?

[@TheVirtualEconomist]

Mostly because I have school and these videos take a lot of effort to make for very little views. If you've noticed the increase in the speed of uploading these recently, it is because I am on summer break and I want to finish the series before I go to college in the fall.

[@RABIET100]

13:52 Lol, i used to own a skill gotten gains burstchester when it was worth 64 keys, now it is 58... *phew*

[@Spelo1]

Look at it now

[@Marko-nh6dv]

You guys have any idea what is best way to make profit when you have arround 4-5 keys? I would like to get to unusual trading as fast as possible..

[@pablohoney2971]

Mark Rocks buy more keys and buy a cheap 10 keys unusual.This nerd did a series based of this 10 keys unusual start.

[@cr7neymar908]

Mark Rocks you need at least 8 if you actually want to unusual trade

[@TheBlueboyRuhan]

15:37 - Oooh someone trade me some of them sats!

[@m0ntz936]

umm...ok? im just gonna quick buy / sell then go from there

[@DiamondVerse]

Thank you this is helping me alot.

[@DarkTungstenGaming]

Man I just wanna sell my Soviet gentleman with aces so I can finally afford a disco beat down

[@uswhockey972]

"Just buy them for 30-40% off" Why is it I only run into people who stick to bp.tf price like their lives depend on it.

[@TheVirtualEconomist]

The more keys you have, the bigger the discount you will get. Tbh, I always seem to get the biggest discounts out of nowhere, from people that are not really in the game to make profit. Just gotta be patient and try to be in the right place at the right time.

[@perakarry4968]

Halloween spells. Im less than average trader and i know trading basics. But what the piss are the halloween spells? They multiply normal items and no one seems to know why. If you could explain why pumpkin bombs are god tier that would be pippels in kikkels.

[@cabeleira9340]

Gostei bastante do conteúdo do canal parabéns e mais um sub xD

[@Lemon-yn7kk]

ANOTHER ONE?! Thanks dude...

[@TheVirtualEconomist]

:)

[@Lemon-yn7kk]

Can you add me on steam? =STC= Lemon, just wanna chat with you. :D

[@thedemon5069]

15:38 Soldier sats

[@TheVirtualEconomist]

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[@sinolas_2441]

it is really annoying the way he says strategy he said it like swagity

[@crunchy1813]

Too bad most trade servers no one trades and everyone are just tryhards who spawncamp you... I need good trade servers plox

[@TheVirtualEconomist]

For unusuals I would go on Vatican City and Firepowered. Just keep in mind you cannot advertise buying quicksells on Firepowered.

[@psychodad9566]

Hey Buddy love your videos:)

[@cr7neymar908]

"Stwategy"

[@ringothemotherfuckinflamin2636]

TheVirtualSpeechImpediment

[@adamherczegh1923]

AND i still dont have any unusuals Why the fuck am i watching these?

[@demian6698]

your awesome!

[@justcallmemillie3083]

Anyone wanna trade for my unusual lightning rod ww hot effect shotgun?

[@perakarry4968]

applejuice No, and i also didnt modify my comment

[@OwlNoire]

One of the first one two watch

[@stargrabbitz6726]

Lol he gets matadored by a gibus spy or probs a pro wearing a gibus

[@vixaa]

Starbuddy Grabbitz matador is easy

[@vixaa]

and that wasnt really a matador

[@immat4971]

Furst

[@TheVirtualEconomist]

C O N G R A T Z

[@pablohoney2971]

TheVirtualEconomist You dont congratz "furst" 's; you dont want to promote their way of spam do you?

[@immat4971]

Lyonifyl the user lol its ben. Hes my fav tf2 youtuber xD

[@ThePandaFuzz]

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