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There are two maps: one for flowers and one for plushies The dots on the map are the reachable destinations in the game (click on the dots for detailed data). Their color represents the number of flights that have been made to that destination in the last 24h Their size represents the quantity of items that were purchased in that location and that are in surplus on the market compared to the previous day.
On the left of the maps there is a table with: - Destinations - Item that is at the destination - Net profit in $ / min based on Torn's official market price - Time needed for the roundtrip The maps are updated daily with official Torn data.
Below the two maps there is a graph that shows the real-time trend (updated every 10 minutes) of the real cost of a complete set of plushies and flowers if purchased in the bazaar. There is also a trendline which is automatically updated according to the hourly price changes. The green line is the cost set at midnight (reset) with official Torn prices.
Below the graph there is a last table which shows the real cost of the last seven days of a complete set of plushies and flowers, with the official prices of Torn and their relative trendlines.
I have added also a Forecast Tool for the market. It is still under development and testing, version Alpha. This tool show the closing trend of the items listed, and it is a forecast for the price that will be set by Torn at next reset (tomorrow). For example if today it is 1st April, it show if the closing price of the listed items will be more high or lower than the last set price at last TORN reset. The accuracy indicate the % of possibility that the closing price will be as shown in this moment. More high the % of accuracy, more precise will be the forecast.
I have added a Forecast Tool for the market. It is still under development and testing, version Alpha. This tool show the closing trend of the items listed, and it is a forecast for the price that will be set by Torn at next reset (tomorrow). For example if today it is 1st April, it show if the closing price of the listed items will be more high or lower than the last set price at last TORN reset. The accuracy indicate the % of possibility that the closing price will be as shown in this moment. More high the % of accuracy, more precise will be the forecast.
really you made 57 million in 1 day from flying .So how many trips did you make and to what countries to make a 57 million profit in 1 day. And what items did you list for sale and at what prices and how long did they take to sell ?
So if you didn't do it flying then how can you say your data is accurate enough , since your chart is an auto update flying chart. That would imply you need to fly to get them items . Isn't the point of your chart is to maximize profit by time flying based on what items are selling for in the market. So by not flying to get the items . your data is flawed
The green line is the cost set at midnight (reset) with official Torn prices. Since Torn doesn't set the prices the people do , how do you determine these supposed midnight reset prices ?
Probably you are not very well aware about how the majority of traders set their prices: on Torn market value of the item, set by Torn every day at 00:00, then apply a % of profit buying under this market value. The point of my charts (all them) is to provide a "compass" to the aviators to permit them to maximize their gains, based on what normally happens in Torn.
If you want, use it, if you don't want don't use it.
yes i have heard of api , and how many people have made these travel threads about how to make the most profit flying ? How accurate can they be when prices change every time someone list an item for sale . I lost count of how many times I listed some flowers or plushies or some item for sale and took a short trip to mexico or canada and my items didnt sell. Why because right after i left someone else came along ans listed hundreds of the same item 1 dollar or in some cases 1,000 dollars cheaper .
It's not about exact prices in every given instant, it's about average prices over a specific time-period. As an individual runner you may only be interested in getting a quick sale, in which case yes, you may need to take a lower profit margin. However, that doesn't have a significant impact on the rate you can sell for unless by "quick sale" you mean under an hour every time (and even then you'll lose at most 1k/item). Those fluctuations between highs and lows happen for every travel item, and what's used to determine their profit is an averaged value over a given time period, since at some point during a similar timeframe someone is likely to buy for that value.
For example, Panda plushies may have a stable value of 75k each. This means that during a 24hr period their price will be above this approximately as often as it's below this. It may be that if you complete a flight from China at a bad time and you want an immediate sale, you'll only be able to sell for 73k each, but in the same manner if you get back at a good time you'll be able to sell for 77k each. That averaged price is what traders use to determine their buying prices, since they're not looking to flip immediately but instead are willing to hold on to the items for longer in order to make a greater profit. As a flyer, people are either looking to sell to traders (at which point averaged prices are really all that matters if they have a reliable buyer) or they're looking to sell themselves, in which case they should be able to be patient enough to wait for a decent market value.
It may be true that if you get lucky you could make more money off one of the "lower" rated items on this chart, however that's not going to be a reliable bet and you may also get stuck flying for something that ends up making significantly less. That's why these charts are published, in order to help flyers understand which items are best to purchase regardless of daily market fluctuations. It's possible that with a solid study one could determine which item is best to purchase at any given time of day, but that would be significantly more work and to be honest I doubt that it would yield positive results given my own analysis of the subject. This resources provides a solid metric which newer flyers can use to begin their careers. Once someone reaches a certain level of experience they should really be coming up with their own routes anyways, since they will know what they are willing to risk in terms of somewhere being out of stock, or wasting energy/nerve.
I explained the basis behind all of this to you last summer Spooky, although I'm not sure if you remember. We had numerous conversations in which I went over not only which flights were best, but how someone might go about choosing their desired flight, and I was basing that entire conversation off data that this guide provides in a clean and readable format.
Atm my data provide, also, the current average bazaar prices at given moment during day, updated every 10 minutes (look for "plushie and flower market now" map, it "fix" at given time the difference between the Torn value (fixed at midnight) and a selected number of bazaars listed prices for each item (with an automatic correction for the classic 1 item listed out of any range). I choosed to use a "visual map" instead of a table for more easy and fast reading. Btw, on the map, the data are detailed with numbers.
The interval I was talking about doesn't have to be a day, it could be an hour, or a minute (or 10 minutes). My point was that it's not particularly helpful to know exact real-time information, because that tells you little about what you'll actually be able to make the sale for.
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