Dynamic Market

[kell]

question for the market...
stuff placed on the market isn't included in your net worth,
and you lose 20% of the value when you take it back off,
for some reason i thought we used to pile food there to store net

[Shadow]

You can't remove stuff from the market anymore. Instead you can sell directly to mercs.

[Shadow]

Given the inability of the food market to get off the ground this set, I have tweaked it so that prices will not start to drop until at least 5 billion food are on the market. Price will always be above average as long as less than 5 billion food is present.

This will be a gradual change over the next two days or so as the market equilibrates.

Kind of clumsy, but let's see how it shapes up.

Seems like it might be overtuned?

There's a pretty big opening for someone to play my Ferret strategy from last round and forage their way to huge profits atm.

[windhound]

Disclaimer:  I believe I've sold the most food on the market this round.

I think it's working alright.  I listed enough to get value over the hump and down to $17 ea (-10% market tax = $15.3) and someone bought most of it. 
There's only two bil food on the market at the moment, half of that mine, so there's still substantial demand. 

If a Ferret wanted to flood the market the price would crash. 
iirc I calc'd the 'break even' for a leader player of making cash vs food to sell to be ~$12/ea 
So if it'll stay there or above I'm happy to continue supplying, clearly people need food, or don't value their cash. 

2 days, 10.8 hours ago    You sold 410,538,912 Food on the market for $6,281,245,354 ($15.3 ea)
3 days, 6.3 hours ago    You sold 513,210,391 Food on the market for $6,466,450,927  ($12.6 ea)
5 days, 7.4 hours ago    You sold 309,367,758 Food on the market for $5,847,050,626  ($18.9 ea)
5 days, 7.4 hours ago    You sold 159,367,757 Food on the market for $3,012,050,607  ($18.9 ea)
5 days, 12.1 hours ago    You sold 50,000,000 Food on the market for $945,000,000  ($18.9 ea)
7 days, 5.8 hours ago    You sold 533,092,725 Food on the market for $8,156,318,693  ($15.3 ea)
7 days, 5.8 hours ago    You sold 500,000,000 Food on the market for $7,650,000,000  (15.3 ea)
7 days, 5.8 hours ago    You sold 500,000,000 Food on the market for $7,650,000,000  (15.3 ea)
7 days, 5.8 hours ago    You sold 499,999,940 Food on the market for $7,649,999,082  (15.3 ea)
7 days, 5.8 hours ago    You sold 499,900,000 Food on the market for $7,648,470,000  (15.3 ea)
7 days, 5.8 hours ago    You sold 495,366,387 Food on the market for $7,579,105,721  (15.3 ea)
7 days, 5.8 hours ago    You sold 495,000,000 Food on the market for $7,573,500,000  (15.3 ea)
7 days, 5.8 hours ago    You sold 386,066,361 Food on the market for $5,906,815,323  (15.3 ea)
7 days, 5.8 hours ago    You sold 48,344,178 Food on the market for $739,665,923  (15.3 ea)
9 days, 5.9 hours ago    You sold 451,655,809 Food on the market for $8,129,804,562  ($18 ea)

[Shadow]

Yea, there's an element of supply management to the food market in particular. A ferret who dumped a crapload of food on the market all at once would crash the price. But if you dump the same amount in 5 shipments over 5 days, the price basically stays stable the whole time. OPEC but for food.

But yea, I'm the other one selling food, and people are buying it even at 19. Crazy.