Welcome to my From Alpha to Omega by Regional Trading challenge. This blog documents my journey from starting as a fresh alpha clone to reaching Omega using only ISK and PLEX earned in-game — with no real-money subscription.
The goal: Plex the account through regional trading only, despite severe alpha account limitations.
How I Came Up With This Challenge
The idea started with two major influences in the EVE Online trading community:
Oz’s Station Trading Method
I first tried the alpha-to-omega challenge using station trading exactly as Oz teaches in his videos. It worked extremely well.
Croda’s Regional Trading Method
After discovering Croda’s regional trading blog and seeing his interview on Oz’s Twitch show, I tried regional trading myself — and successfully plexed an account using nothing but inter-hub trading.
But I had never tried starting regional trading as a brand-new alpha clone with:
- No skills
- No standings
- Limited market orders
- High alpha taxes
- No ships or capital
- No access to Omega trading skills
So the question became:
Can a fresh alpha really plex Omega using regional trading alone?
Rules of the Challenge
- No ISK or PLEX transferred from my main account
- One account with three characters:
- Buyer in Jita
- Seller in Dodixie
- Seller in Amarr
- 17 max sell orders per alpha character → 34 total
- High taxes:
- Sales Tax: 7.5%
- Broker Fee: 2.38% (Broker Relations II)
- Minimum gross margin target: 50%
- One account only
- Max 30 minutes per day gameplay
- I expect about 21 active playing days per month due to real-life commitments.
Challenge Goals
Short-Term Goal
- Plex the account with 500 PLEX
- Keep the same amount of wealth in wallet + sell orders
Mid-Term Goal (Challenge Completion)
- Plex the account with 1200 PLEX (3-month Omega offer)
- Again: maintain equivalent ISK in wallet + orders
How Much ISK Is Needed to Plex Omega
With current Plex prices of 5.8 million ISK, the cost to plex an account is:
- ≈ 2.9 billion ISK for 500 PLEX
- ≈ 6 billion ISK total wealth needed for my short-term goal
Tools I Use
- EVE Online Excel Add-in
- Evetycoon
Preparation Before Starting
- Created a new account with referral link
- Created 3 characters (Caldari for Jita, Gallente for Dodixie, Amarr for Amarr)
- Completed all tutorial and career missions on each character
- Trained Social and Connections for standings
- Sold all mission items to buy orders to save time
- Trained available trading skills:
- Trade III
- Broker Relations II
- Trained basic corporation management
- Created a corporation with:
- 100% tax
- Shared wallet
- Placed each character in its respective trade hub
- All ISK at this point came from:
- Starter missions
- AIR career rewards
- AIR daily goals
- Sell value of mission items
Starting Wealth
- Wallet: 67 million ISK
- Inventory: 8 million ISK
Total starting wealth: 75 million ISK
Wealth is always calculated as:
wallet + sell orders + outstanding contracts – 20% liability factor
My Trading Strategy
The entire challenge is based around the limitations of alpha trading.
1. Buy in Jita → Sell in Dodixie & Amarr
Pure inter-regional market arbitrage.
2. Item Focus
I focus on:
- Low-volume items
- Low-demand niche markets
- High-margin items
3. No Hauling
I use public courier contracts from the very beginning to save time.
4. Scaling With Limited Orders
With only 34 sell orders total, the only way to scale is:
- Move into higher-value items
- Maintain strong margins
- Increase ISK turnover per order
Alpha Trading Skills and Limitations
- Accounting: Not available → Sales tax fixed at 7.5%
- Broker Relations II: Broker fee 2.38%
- Trade III: 17 sell orders per character
- Marketing II: Remote selling (not used)
- Retail / Wholesale / Tycoon: Not available
Current Tax Rates
- Sales Tax: 7.50%
- Broker Fee: 2.38%
Start of the Challenge
Start Date: 23.08.2025
Starting Wealth: 75 million ISK
And with that…
The Alpha to Omega Regional Trading Challenge begins.
Let’s see where this journey ends!
Wish you good luck in this challenge. I will keep following
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