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:
I first tried the alpha-to-omega challenge using station trading exactly as Oz teaches in his videos. It worked extremely well.
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
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:
- 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!
