The Hermaion market report
Week 42, 2956
12 Oct to 18 Oct 2956
Every Monday, the week in the market: the best loops on our own route engine, the biggest price moves, the routes to watch and the Hermaion Index. Worked out from stored prices for a C2 Hercules (696 SCU) with 1,000,000 aUEC.
Read issue No. 3 as a bookletThe Hermaion Index
Margins, week on week.
What a hauler makes on each SCU of cargo on the best trade runs right now. Higher means trading pays better; a fall means margins are thinning.
1,301aUEC per SCU
+0.8%Last week 1,291, up 0.8%.
How the Index is worked out
- Every run from one terminal to another in the same system, on the week's stored prices.
- Each worked out for a C2 Hercules (696 SCU) with 1,000,000 aUEC to spend, so stock and budget limit how much it can carry.
- For each commodity, only its best run counts, so one cargo cannot fill the list.
- The 10 most profitable of those make the Index.
- Their margins (sell price minus buy price, per SCU) are averaged, weighted by the SCU carried on each, so a rare cargo the budget buys little of barely moves it.
Read it like a stock index: one number for the state of the market, compared week on week.
The ten routes behind it
| Route | Cargo | Margin | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shubin Mining Facility SM0-13 to Nyx Gateway | Quartz | 2,964 | 5,100 | 2,136 |
| Ashland to Chawla's Beach | LifeCure Medsticks | 574 | 1,400 | 826 |
| Shubin Mining Facility SAL-2 to Everus Harbor | Corundum | 2,508 | 3,900 | 1,392 |
| Ruin Station to Patch City | Silicon | 1,881 | 2,900 | 1,019 |
| Rustville to Shepherd's Rest | Organics | 9,257 | 14,000 | 4,743 |
| Starlight Service Station to Endgame | DynaFlex | 1,350 | 2,000 | 650 |
| Bueno Ravine to Endgame | Iron | 2,640 | 3,800 | 1,160 |
| Megumi Refueling to Dudley & Daughters | Aluminum | 2,584 | 3,800 | 1,216 |
| Rat's Nest to Rod's Fuel 'N Supplies | Diamond | 5,484 | 7,800 | 2,316 |
| Jackson's Swap to Seer's Canyon | Recycled Material Composite | 5,998 | 8,500 | 2,502 |
Best loops
The best loops this week.
Two and three stop round trips within one system, by profit per hour, on our own route engine.
- 01Shepherd's RestRustvilleShepherd's Rest
Fresh Food, Organics
1,206,323 aUEC/h
34 min a loop, estimated
- 02Shepherd's RestThe Golden RivieraRustvilleShepherd's Rest
Fresh Food, Bioplastic, Organics
1,175,754 aUEC/h
47 min a loop, estimated
- 03Shepherd's RestJackson's SwapRustvilleShepherd's Rest
Pitambu, Recycled Material Composite, Organics
1,145,376 aUEC/h
54 min a loop, estimated
- 04Shepherd's RestStarlight Service StationRustvilleShepherd's Rest
Carbon-Silk, Stims, Organics
1,136,620 aUEC/h
47 min a loop, estimated
- 05GaslightAshlandChawla's BeachGaslight
Stims, LifeCure Medsticks, Scrap
1,134,019 aUEC/h
47 min a loop, estimated
Prices
What moved most.
The average aUEC per SCU players got across every terminal, on the last day of the week against a week before. Our own daily record.
Up
- WiDoW7,123 to 7,341 aUEC+3.1%
- Corundum3,542 to 3,622 aUEC+2.3%
- Organics12,938 to 13,125 aUEC+1.5%
Down
- Cobalt20,455 to 20,136 aUEC-1.6%
Routes to watch
A quiet week.
Hazard reports from our associates, on each route or near either end of it: interdictions, attacks and hostile ships. 0 reports in all.
A quiet week: no hazard reports on these routes.