User blog comment:Goldamainia/Mastering the Economy/@comment-30336660-20161216094906

I personally have a way to make money. Its quite effective. I call it the Combo.

Basically, one first has to mine Iridium and sell it to their own faction. When they mine enough, they buy their own iridium and sell it somewhere else to make a profit.

Why iridium? It is because, from my personal experience, Iridium prices fluctuate the most meaning to get a good price you dont have to mine very much to make a good profit.

Advantages:

Earns money quickly and gives you the best of both worlds, meaning your not going to be bored sitting there mining or trading all day.

It is also much more efficient with friends- the more there are, the more money in total made, and everyone profits.

Disadvantages:

You cant sell iridium to a bankrupt starbase: so this requires a good economy to be effective, which canbe quite rare in Galaxy.

You risk both your miner and your freighter when doing this.

Spawning and despawning ships can break your mouse.