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TD functionality is broken up into "sub-commands". For instance, when we refer to the update command, we mean trade.py update ….
If you run trade.py without any commands or options, it will give you a list of the sub-commands available. You can find out more details about a specific command, such as 'local', by typing:
trade.py local --help
Each command has a number of optional/required arguments that can be specified.
Optional arguments are denoted by a keyword that starts with one or two dashes (--from, -S). The difference between long and short versions? Readability. You can also 'stack' short versions, for example update -F -G -A can be written as update -FGA
There are "switches" which turn a feature on or off, such as --detail which makes the command more verbose or --quiet which makes it less noisy.
Other options are "parameters" which take a value, for example --from Sol would state the starting location for a command. You can write these as --param value or --param=value. You can often get away with just the first couple of letters, e.g. --cr for --credits.
In the list below, you'll see --detail and -v listed together. This indicates that -v is the short-form for --detail.
You can store preferred/default arguments/options in text files called "fromfiles". Each command automatically looks for a file called ".tdrc_", so for the shipvendor command it looks for ".tdrc_shipvendor". Note the leading '.'. You can also specify your own "fromfiles". See "Fromfiles" below for more details.
trade.py command arguments
These can be used with ALL TD commands
--detail
-v
Increases the amount of detail given when showing routes or running the
checklist system. Each use increases the detail, i.e. "-v -v" will
give you more detail than just "-v". Short version stacks, e.g.
"-v -v -v" is the same as "-vvv"
--quiet
-q
Reduces the verbosity of the program. For example,
trade.py -qq cleanup
Will run the command with no output unless an error occurs.
NOTE: --detail and --quiet are mutually exclusive.
--debug
-w
Gives some additional information on what TD is doing while running,
each use increases the verbosity: i.e. --debug --debug is more verbose.
Short version is stackable, e.g. "-w -w -w" or "-www"
For additional help on a specific command, such as 'update' use
trade.py run …
Calculates a trade run
trade.py update …
Provides a way to enter/update price data for a station
trade.py nav …
Calculates a route between two systems
trade.py import …
Reads prices from a file and loads them into the cache
trade.py buy …
Finds places to buy a given item/ship
trade.py sell …
Finds places to sell a given item
trade.py trade …
Reports on trades from one station to another
trade.py market
Summarizes the market at a specific station
trade.py station
View, add, update or delete station data
trade.py local …
Lists systems (and optionally, stations) in the vicinity of a given system
trade.py rares …
Helps to find rare items.
trade.py olddata …
Lists old data
trade.py buildcache
Rebuilds the cache (data/TradeDangerous.db)
trade.py export …
Exports data from the db to .csv files
trade.py station …
Query, add, update or remove stations
This command provides the primary trade run calculator functionality (it provides the functionality of the older TradeDangerous versions prior to 3.1)
--capacity N
--cap N
Maximum items you can carry on each hop.
--credits N
--cr N
How many credits to start with, where N can be an exact number or
can use a suffix such as 20k for 20,000, 2.5m for 2.5 million or
1.25b for 1.25 billion
e.g.
--credits 20000
--credits 20k
--credits 15.2m
--ly-per N.NN
--ly N.NN
Maximum distance your ship can jump between systems at full capacity.
NOTE: You can increase your range by selling your weapons.
e.g.
--ly-per 19.1
--ly-per 3
--empty-ly N.NN
--emp N.NN
DEFAULT: same as --ly-per
How far your ship can jump when empty (used by --start-jumps)
--limit N DEFAULT: 0
If set, limits the maximum number of units of any cargo
item you will buy on any trade hop, in case you want to
hedge your bets or be a good economy citizen.
e.g.
--capacity 16 --limit 8
--insurance N DEFAULT: 0
--ins N
How many credits to hold back for insurance purposes
e.g.
--insurance 1000
--ins 5000
--ins 1.2m
--margin N.NN DEFAULT: 0.01
At the end of each hop, reduce the profit by this much (0.02 = 2%),
to allow a margin of error in the accuracy of prices.
e.g.
--margin 0 (no margin)
--margin 0.01 (1% margin)
--from <station or system>
Lets you specify the starting station
e.g.
--from @Asellus/Beagle2
--fr beagle2
--fr asellusprim
--to <station or system>
Lets you specify the final destination. If you specify a station, it
will finish at that exact station. If you specify a system, it will
try all the stations in the target system.
e.g.
--to Beagle2
--to lhs64
--shorten" (requires --to)
Will show routes with fewer hops than the maximum if they produce a better gpt
e.g.
--to Beagle2 --hops 4 --shorten
--towards <goal system>
Builds a route that tries to shorten the distance from your origin
and goal. Destinations that would increase the distance are ignored.
Tries to avoid routes that go backwards or detour. If you want to
avoid multiple visits in the same system, use --unique.
e.g.
--from iBootis --to LiuBese
--loop
Look for routes which loop back on themselves within the given number
of hops, but it may also find shorter routes.
e.g.
--from iBootis --loop
--loop --hops 4 (looks for 2, 3 and 4 hop loops)
--loop-int N
-li N
Will require a minimum of N hops before visiting the same station.
e.g.
--from iBootis --loop-int 3
--via <station or system>
Lets you specify a station that must be between the second and final hop.
Requires that hops be at least 2.
e.g.
--via Enterprise
--via Chango
--hops N
DEFAULT: 2
Maximum number of hops (number of cargo pickups)
e.g.
--hops 8
--jumps-per N
--jum N
DEFAULT: 2
Limit the number of systems jumped to between each station
e.g.
-jumps-per 5
--direct
Assumes a single hop and doesn't worry about travel between
source and destination.
e.g.
--from achenar --to lave --direct
--start-jumps N
-s N
Considers stations from systems upto this many jumps from your
specified start location.
--from beagle2 --ly-per 7.56 --empty 10.56 -s 2
--end-jumps N
-e N
Considers stations from systems upto this many jumps from your
specified destination (--to).
--to lave -e 3 (find runs that end within 3 jumps of lave)
--max-days-old N.NN
-MD N.NN
Filters out price data that exceeds a specified age in days
e.g.
--max-days-old 7 (data less than a week old)
-MD=2 (data less than 2 days old)
--gain-per-ton credits
--gpt credits
Only consider trades which generate at least this much profit
per ton of cargo traded. Be aware that this can prevent TD from
finding highly profitable routes that would require you to take
a drop in profit to reach, so you may want to consider using this
in conjunction with --start-jumps or --end-jumps.
e.g.
--gpt 1200
--gpt 1.5k
--max-gain-per-ton credits
--mgpt credits
DEFAULT: 10,000
Sets an upper threshold on the maximum profit/ton that TD will
believe. This is a way to avoid bad data.
e.g.
--mgpt 2000
--mgpt 2k
--supply N
Only consider purchases where the station has this many units of
the item in supply,
e.g.
--supply 1000
--demand N
Only consider sales at stations which have this much demand for
the given item,
NOTE: The demand column is rarely populate, so using this option
will hide the majority of available trade data from the optimizer.
e.g.
--demand 5000 (only show places users have entered a demand >= 5000)
--pad-size SML?
--pad SML?
-p
Limit results to stations that match one of the pad sizes
specified.
--pad ML? (medium, large, or unknown only)
-p ML? (medium, large, or unknown only)
--pad ? (unknown only)
--pad L (large only, ignores unknown)
--no-planet
Require stations to be in space.
--planetary YN?
--pla YN?
Limit result to stations with one of the specified planetary
attribute.
--pla Y? (on planet or unknown)
--pad ? (unknown only)
--pla N (in space only, equals --no-planet)
--black-market
--bm
Only consider stations that have a black market.
--ls-penalty N.NN
--lsp N.NN
DEFAULT: 0.5
Reduces the score of routes by this percentage for every 1000ls
you have to travel to stations, which helps prioritize routes
with a shorter supercruise time.
e.g.
--ls-penalty 2.5
--lsp=0 (disables this feature)
--ls-max N
DEFAULT: 0
Filter stations by their distance-to-star. Stations for which
distance-to-star is known that have a distance above this will
not be considered for trading.
e.g.
--ls-max 10000
--ls-m 32000
--prune-score N.NN
DEFAULT: 0
After a number of hops (controlled by --prune-hops), eliminate
a percentage of the routes from the lowest up by score.
NOTE: This can speed up long run calculations, but it can also
cause you to miss gold-mines that are a just a few hops away…
e.g.
--prune-score 12.5 Removes the bottom 1/8th of (12.5%) of routes
--prune-score 50 Only keep the upper 50% of routes
--prune-hops N
DEFAULT: 3
Being applying "--prune-score" from this hop onward. Set 0 to disable.
NOTE: This can speed up long run calculations, but it can also
cause you to miss gold-mines that are a just a few hops away…
e.g.
--prune-hop 4 --prune-score 22.5
--avoid ITEM/SYSTEM/STATION
--avoid AVOID,AVOID,…,AVOID
--av ITEM/SYSTEM/STATION
--av AVOID,AVOID,…,AVOID
Excludes the item/system/station matching the name from the database
e.g.
--avoid Gold
--avoid Aulin
--avoid Enterprise
--avoid prise
--av gold,aulin,enterprise,anderson
--unique
--uni
Only show routes which do not visit any station twice
--summary
Uses a slightly different format for showing trade routes,
especially useful for longer routes in conjunction with -vvv
--progress
-P
Show progress updates as TD calculates the route
--show-jumps
-J
Describe route between each hops
--routes N DEFAULT: 1
Shows the top N routes;
--checklist
--check
Walks you through the purchases, sales and jumps of your route.
Note: More verbose when used with --detail
--x52-pro
--x52
OMFG Output the current step of the checklist on your X52 Pro MFD.
Is that some sweetness or what?
Lists trades between two stations. Specify -v, -vv, or -vvv for more data.
trade.py trade [-v | -vv | -vvv] <from station> <to station>
trade.py trade "sol/daedalus" "groom/frank"
Item Profit Cost
---------------------------------------
Superconductors 1,331 6,162
Indium 1,202 5,394
Beryllium 1,021 8,051
Gold 1,004 9,276
Silver 838 4,631
…
trade.py trade "sol/daedalus" "groom/frank" -v
Item Profit Cost Supply Demand SrcAge DstAge
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Superconductors 1,331 6,162 1,229,497 621,964 1.17 2.37
Indium 1,202 5,394 1,397,354 683,398 1.17 2.37
Beryllium 1,021 8,051 68,181 529,673 1.17 2.37
…
trade.py trade "sol/daedalus" "groom/frank" -v -vv
Item Profit Cost AvgCost Buying AvgBuy Supply Demand SrcAge DstAge
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Superconductors 1,331 6,162 6461 7493 6813 1,229,497 621,964 1.17 2.37
Indium 1,202 5,394 5640 6596 5961 1,397,354 683,398 1.17 2.37
Beryllium 1,021 8,051 7998 9072 8404 68,181 529,673 1.17 2.37
Gold 1,004 9,276 9212 10280 9600 82,951 938,765 1.17 2.37
For maintenance of your local prices database. The default is to walk you through a list of all the prices known for the station. You can either hit enter or type the correction.
Alternatively, if you specify one of the editing switches, it will put the prices for a given station into a text file and let you edit it with your favorite editor.
trade.py update
--gui
-G
Enables the new built-in GUI.
--front
-F
[With --gui/-G]
If ED is running in windowed mode, keeps the TD gui infront of
of the ED window.
--window-x nnn, --window-y nnn
-wx nnn, -wy nnn
[With --gui/-G]
Lets you position the update window. Use negative values to
anchor to the right/bottom of the screen.
e.g.
trade.py update -GF -wx=-220 -wy=200
--height nnn
-H nnn
[With --gui/-G]
Specifies the default heigh tof the update window.
--all
-A
Shows all items including those not currently available at the station.
--use-demand
-D
Enables editing of the "demand" column.
--editor <executable name or path>
e.g. --editor "C:\Program Files\WibbleEdit\WibbleEdit.exe"
Saves the prices in a human-readable format and loads that into
an editor. Make changes and save to update the database.
--timestamps
-T
[With text editor only]
Exposes the "timestamp" column.
--force-na
-0
Changes the default demand/supply to be "n/a".
CAUTION: "n/a" indicates that the item is either not bought
or not sold at this station, and TD will ignore it accordingly.
--sublime
--subl
Like "--editor" but finds and uses the Sublime Text editor (2 and 3).
You can use "--editor" to tell it exactly where the editor
is located if it fails to find it.
--notepad
--note
Like "--editor" but uses notepad as the editor.
--npp
Like "--editor" but tries to use Notepad++ as the editor.
NOTE: You will have to exit notepad++ completely before trade
is able to process the changes you have made.
--vim
Like "--editor" but tries to use the VI iMproved editor.
Mostly applies to Linux, Mac and Cygwin/Git installs.
trade.py update "aulin enterprise" --notepad
trade.py update chango --subl --supply
trade.py update anderson --editor "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\WordPad.exe"
trade.py update wcm --timestamps
trade.py update --sup --time --zero aulin
aka:
trade.py update --sub -T0 aulin
Provides mechanisms for loading data, epsecially price data, into the local database, using either "import" or "merge" modes.
Both modes operate on a station-by-station basis: you can import data for a single station or every station.
For instance, if you "updated"d a station and there was an error importing it, your data is saved as "prices.last". Edit this file, correct the errors and then "import" it, rather than having to re-enter all of the data.
- Overwrites local data even if the import data is older,
- Items are removed from stations when there is an explicit "0 0" entry or there is no entry for the item at the station in the import file.
- Items are only imported if they are newer than the local data,
- Items are removed from stations only when there is an explicit "0 0" entry that is newer than the local data.
TD also supports the concept of an "import plugin". These are user-contributed extensions to TD that will fetch data from a 3rd party, such as EDDB, and populate the local database with that information (see https://github.com/eyeonus/EDDBlink).
Plugins are specified with the "-P" option and can have their own options, not listed here, with the "-O" option. See "-O=help" for a list of the options provided by a particular plugin.
trade.py import
[-q | -v] [--ignore-unknown] [--reset-all]
[filename | url | -P <plugin> -O <options>]
filename
Specifies the name of the file to load
e.g.
import.prices
url
Specifies web address to retrieve the data from
e.g.
http://kfs.org/td/prices
--ignore-unknown
-i
Any systems, stations, categories or items that aren't recognized
by this version of TD will be reported but import will continue.
Unrecognized stations in the ".prices" file, or an import, will
have a placeholder station entry automatically created for them.
Note: When the cache is rebuilt, these stations will be lost, so
you may need to add the "-i" flag to the buildcache command.
--merge-import
--merge
-M
Existing data is only overwritten by entries from the .prices file
that have a newer timestamp and data is only removed if there is
an explicit entry in the file with 0 demand/supply prices.
--reset-all
CAUTION: DANGER ELITE ROBINSON
Deletes all existing prices from the database.
--plug <plugin>
-P <plugin>
Specifies a plugin to use instead of the default .prices importer,
e.g.
-P eddblink
--option <option>
--option <option1>,<option2>,...<optionN>
-O <option>,...
Passes options to a plugin.
e.g.
-O all,skipvend
-O help
Lists items bought / sold at a given station; with --detail (-v) also includes the average price for those items.
trade.py market <station> [--buy | --sell] [--detail]
station
Name of the station to list, e.g. "paes/ramon" or "ramoncity",
--buy
-B
List only items bought by the station (listed as 'SELL' in-game)
--sell
-S
List only items sold by the station (listed as 'BUY' in-game)
--detail
-v
Once: includes average prices
Twice: include demand column and category headings
trade.py market --buy ramoncity
Item Buying
------------------------------
Hydrogen Fuel 90
Clothing 221
Domestic Appliances 417
Food Cartridges 35
…
trade.py market --buy --sell ramoncity -v
Item Buying Avg Age/Days Selling Avg Supply Age/Days
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+CHEMICALS
Hydrogen Fuel 90 100 0.01 94 102 74,034H 0.01
+CONSUMER ITEMS
Clothing 221 361 0.01 237 238 1,706M 0.01
Domestic Appliances 417 582 0.01 437 436 1,022M 0.01
+FOODS
Food Cartridges 35 125 0.01 45 50 32,019H 0.01
…
Provides details of routes without worrying about trade. By default, if given a ship, it uses the maximum dry range of the ship. Use --full if you want to restrict to routes with a full cargo hold.
trade.py nav [-q | -v] [--ly-per] from to
[--avoid] [--stations] [--no-planet | --planetary YN?]
--ly-per N.NN
Constrains jumps to a maximum ly distance
--ly-per 3.2
--avoid place
Produces a route that does not fly through place. If place is a
station, the system it is in will be avoided.
--via PLACE[,PLACE,...]
Require specified systems/stations to be en-route (in order).
--stations
-S
Lists stations at each stop
--refuel-jumps N
--ref N
Specify the maximum consecutive systems which do not have stations
you can pass through. For example "--ref 1" would require every
jump on the route have a station. "--ref 2" would require that
you not make more than one stationless jump after another.
--pad-size SML?
-p ?SML
Specify pad size required for a station to be listed or considered
for refuelling stops. Specify one or all pad sizes you are want,
DEFAULT: ?SML
e.g.
--pad-size=ML
-p ?SL (unknown, small or large)
--no-planet
Require stations to be in space.
--planetary YN?
--pla YN?
Limit result to stations with one of the specified planetary
attribute.
--pla Y? (on planet or unknown)
--pad ? (unknown only)
--pla N (in space only, equals --no-planet)
from
Name of the starting system or a station in the system,
to
Name of the destination system or a station in the system,
trade.py nav mok/be v7/me --ly 8.56
System JumpLy
---------------------
MOKOSH 0.00
LTT 15449 6.23
V774 HERCULIS 4.90
> trade.py nav mok/be v7/me --ly 8.56 -vv --stations
Action System JumpLy Stations DistLy DirLy
/ Station StnLs Age/days BMkt Pad Itms
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Depart MOKOSH 0.00 2 0.00 10.73
/ Bethe Station 2,500 - ? ? 67
/ Lubin Orbital ? - ? ? 67
Via LTT 15449 6.23 9 6.23 4.90
/ Barry Terminal 21 - ? ? 54
/ Binet Port 14 - No ? 54
/ Bose Station 53 - ? ? 53
…
Arrive V774 HERCULIS 4.90 2 11.13 0.00
/ Lazutkin Colony 704 - ? ? 0
/ Mendel Mines 473 - ? ? 61
('DirLy' is the direct distance left to the destination)
Provides details of local stations without worrying about trade. By default, if given a ship, it uses the maximum dry range of the ship. Use --full if you want to restrict to systems with a full cargo hold.
trade.py local [-q | -v] [--ly N.NN] system
--ly N.NN
Constrains local systems to a maximum ly distance
--ly 20.0
--pad-size SML?
--pad SML?
-p
Limit stations to those that match one of the pad sizes specified.
--pad ML? (medium, large, or unknown only)
-p ML? (medium, large, or unknown only)
--pad ? (unknown only)
--pad L (large only, ignores unknown)
--no-planet
Require stations to be in space.
--planetary YN?
--pla YN?
Limit result to stations with one of the specified planetary
attribute.
--pla Y? (on planet or unknown)
--pad ? (unknown only)
--pla N (in space only, equals --no-planet)
--stations
Limit results to systems which have stations
--trading
Limit stations to those which which have markets or trade data.
--shipyard
Limit stations to those known to have a shipyard.
--black-market
--bm
Limit stations to those known to have a black market.
--outfitting
Limit stations to those known to have outfitting.
--rearm
Limit stations to those known to rearm.
--refuel
Limit stations to those known to refuel.
--repair
Limit stations to those known to repair.
-v
Show stations + their distance from star
-vv (or -v -v or --detail --detail)
Include count of items at station
system
Name of the system or a station in the system,
trade.py local mokosh --ly 6
System Dist
------------------
MOKOSH 0.00
GRANTHAIMI 2.24
LHS 3333 5.54
> trade.py local mokosh --ly 6 -v
System Dist
/ Station Dist Age/days BMkt Pad
------------------------------------------------------------------
MOKOSH 0.00
/ Bethe Station 2500ls 8.27 N M
/ Lubin Orbital ? 0.85 Y L
GRANTHAIMI 2.24
/ Parmitano Colony ? 5.88 ? ?
LHS 3333 5.54
Mokosh/Bethe Station is 2500ls from its star, the data is 8 days old, there is no black market, and the largest pad size is Medium.
Lubin Orbital's distance is not known, the data is less than a day old, it has a black market, and it has Large pads.
Parmitano Colony distance unknown, data nearly 6 days old, the black market status is unknown as is the pad size.
Adding detail ('-vv' or '-v -v' or '--detail --detail') would add a count of the number of items we have prices for at each station.
trade.py local LAVE --trading --ly 4 -vv
System Dist
/ Station StnLs Age/days Mkt BMk Shp Pad Itms
-----------------------------------------------------------
LAVE 0.00
/ Castellan Station 2.34K 2.57 Yes No No Med 37
/ Lave Station 299 7.79 Yes Yes Yes Lrg 33
/ Warinus 863 7.76 Yes Yes No Med 38
DISO 3.59
/ Shifnalport 284 0.57 Yes Yes Yes Lrg 34
LEESTI 3.91
/ George Lucas 255 0.58 Yes Yes Yes Lrg 52
/ Kolmogorov Hub 2.96K 1.61 Yes Yes No Med 53
This command can be used to add a new station:
trade.py station --add "i bootis/nowhere port"
trade.py station -a "i bootis/nowhere port" --ls 123 --pad m
Or it can be used to delete a station:
trade.py station --remove "i bootis/nowhere port"
trade.py station -rm "i bootis/nowhere port"
Or it can be used to update the ls-from-star, pad-size, or blackmarket flags of an existing station:
trade.py station --update "i bootis/nowhere port" --pad=L --ls-from-star=123 --black-market=N
trade.py station -u "i bootis/nowhere port" --pad L --ls 123 --bm=N
It can also be used to show some basic data about a given station:
trade.py station -v i bootis/chango
Station Data:
System….: I BOOTIS (#10438 @ -22.375,34.84375,4.0)
Station…: Chango Dock (#1288)
Also here.: Maher Stellar Research
Stn/Ls….: 1,095
B/Market..: Yes
Pad Size..: Lrg
Prices….: 33
Price Age.: 6.77 days
Best Buy..: (Buy from this station)
Tea* @ 1,217cr (Avg Sell 1,570cr)
Coffee* @ 1,047cr (Avg Sell 1,369cr)
Fish* @ 296cr (Avg Sell 482cr)
Best Sale.: (Sell to this station)
Marine Equipment* @ 4,543cr (Avg Buy 3,937cr)
Crop Harvesters* @ 2,568cr (Avg Buy 1,997cr)
Domestic Appliances* @ 714cr (Avg Buy 445cr)
This shows that 'Tea' is a star buy at this station: it is being sold by the station for 1217cr but the average selling price is 1570 credits. A star trade (indicated by *) is at least 10% better than the average trading price for that commodity.
Finds stations that are selling / where you can buy, a named list of items or ships.
trade.py buy
[-q | -v] [--supply N] [-P | -S] [--limit]
[--near N] [--ly-per N] [--avoid PLACES]
[--pad-size SML?] [--black-market | --bm]
[--one-stop | -1] [--no-planet | --planetary YN?]
category|item [category|item category|item,category|item,category|item …]
ship [ship ship,ship …]
--supply N
--quantity N
Show stations known to have >= Q units of supply.
--supply 23
--quant 23
--limit N
Limit how many results re shown
--limit 5
--near system
--near station
Only considers stations within reach of the specified system.
--near chango
--ly N.N
Sets the range of --near (requires --near)
--near chango --ly 10
--avoid <system|station>[,<system|station>,...]
Don't show entries for the specified systems/stations
e.g.
--avoid sol --avoid ross154 --avoid abrahamlincoln,marshigh
--no-planet
Require stations to be in space.
--planetary YN?
--pla YN?
Limit result to stations with one of the specified planetary
attribute.
--pla Y? (on planet or unknown)
--pad ? (unknown only)
--pla N (in space only, equals --no-planet)
--black-market
--bm
Only consider stations known to have a black market.
--pad-size SML?
--pad SML?
-p
Limit results to stations that match one of the pad sizes
specified.
--pad ML? (medium, large, or unknown only)
-p ML? (medium, large, or unknown only)
--pad ? (unknown only)
--pad L (large only, ignores unknown)
--one-stop
-1
When multiple items or ships are listed, only lists stations
which have all of them.
--lt credits
--gt credits
Specify min (gt) and max (lt) credit cost for items
e.g.
--gt 100
--lt 1.2k
--price-sort
-P
Keeps items sorted by price when using --near
(otherwise items are listed by distance and then price)
--supply-sort
-S
Sorts items by supply available first and then price
trade.py buy --near achenar food (finds all items in food category)
trade.py buy --near achenar foodcart (finds food cartridges)
trade.py buy asp
trade.py buy --near achenar food,clothing,scrap --one-stop
trade.py buy --near achenar type6,type7 -1
Looks for stations buying the specified item.
trade.py sell
[-q | -v] [--demand N] [-P] [--limit]
[--near N] [--ly-per N] [--avoid PLACES]
[--pad-size SML?] [--black-market | --bm]
[--no-planet | --planetary YN?]
[--lt N] [--gt N] [--price-sort | -P]
item
--demand N
--quantity N
Requires that the demand level be unknown or at least this value,
--demand 23
--quant 23
--limit N
Limit how many results re shown
--limit 5
--near system
--near station
Only considers stations within reach of the specified system.
--near chango
--ly N.N
Sets the range of --near (requires --near)
--near chango --ly 10
--avoid <system|station>[,<system|station>,...]
Don't show entries for the specified systems/stations
e.g.
--avoid sol --avoid ross154 --avoid abrahamlincoln,marshigh
--black-market
--bm
Only consider stations known to have a black market.
--pad-size SML?
--pad SML?
-p
Limit results to stations that match one of the pad sizes
specified.
--pad ML? (medium, large, or unknown only)
-o ML? (medium, large, or unknown only)
--pad ? (unknown only)
--pad L (large only, ignores unknown)
--no-planet
Require stations to be in space.
--planetary YN?
--pla YN?
Limit result to stations with one of the specified planetary
attribute.
--pla Y? (on planet or unknown)
--pad ? (unknown only)
--pla N (in space only, equals --no-planet)
--lt credits
--gt credits
Specify min (gt) and max (lt) credit prices for items
e.g.
--gt 100
--lt 1.2k
--price-sort
-P
Keeps items sorted by price when using --near
(otherwise items are listed by distance and then price)
This command generates the CSV data files of the current database. It defaults to export all (except the price) tables and overwrites the files in the data directory.
CAUTION: If you have changed any CSV file and didn't rebuild the database, they will be lost. Use the buildcache command first to rebuild the database.
trade.py export [-q | -v] [--path PATH] [--tables TABLE[,TABLE,…] | --all-tables ] [--delete-empty]
--path PATH
Specify the save location of the CSV files. Defaults to './data'
--tables TABLE[,TABLE,…]
-T TABLE[,TABLE,…]
Specify a comma separated list of tablenames to export.
--all-tables
Include the price tables for export.
--delete-empty
Delete CSV files without content.
trade.py export --path misc
Using database './data/TradeDangerous.db'
Export Table 'Added' to 'misc/Added.csv'
Export Table 'Category' to 'misc/Category.csv'
Export Table 'Item' to 'misc/Item.csv'
Export Table 'Ship' to 'misc/Ship.csv'
Export Table 'ShipVendor' to 'misc/ShipVendor.csv'
Export Table 'Station' to 'misc/Station.csv'
Ignore Table 'StationBuying'
Ignore Table 'StationItem'
Ignore Table 'StationSelling'
Export Table 'System' to 'misc/System.csv'
Export Table 'Upgrade' to 'misc/Upgrade.csv'
Export Table 'UpgradeVendor' to 'misc/UpgradeVendor.csv'
trade.py export -T System,Station
Using database './data/TradeDangerous.db'
Export Table 'Station' to 'data/Station.csv'
Export Table 'System' to 'data/System.csv'
This command looks for known rare items within the space around a specified system.
trade.py rare [-q] <system> [--ly N.NN] [--limit N] [--price-sort] [--reverse]
<system>
System to center search on
e.g.
Lave
@Sol
--ly N.NN
DEFAULT: 42
Maximum distance to search from center system.
e.g.
--ly 0 (unlimited)
--ly 21.2
--limit N
Maximum number of results to show
e.g.
--limit 10
--reverse
-r
Reverse the order, can be used with "--ly" and "--limit" to find
the furthest-away rares
--away N.NN
--from SYSTEM1 --from SYSTEM2 … --from SYSTEMN
Limits results to systems that are at least a given distance away
from additional systems.
e.g.
trade.py rare --ly 160 sol -r --away 140 --from lave
Shows systems starting at 160ly or less from sol,
but that are also 140ly or more from lave.
trade.py rare --ly 160 sol -r --away 140 --from lave --from xihe
As above but also compares for <= 140ly from xihe
--pad-size SML?
--pad SML?
-p
Limit results to stations that match one of the pad sizes
specified.
--pad ML? (medium, large, or unknown only)
-o ML? (medium, large, or unknown only)
--pad ? (unknown only)
--pad L (large only, ignores unknown)
--no-planet
Require stations to be in space.
--planetary YN?
--pla YN?
Limit result to stations with one of the specified planetary
attribute.
--pla Y? (on planet or unknown)
--pad ? (unknown only)
--pla N (in space only, equals --no-planet)
--legal
--illegal
Only list items known to be either legal or illegal.
--price-sort
-P
Sort by price rather than proximity
--quiet
-q
Don't include the header lines
trade.py rare sol --ly 10
Station Rare Cost DistLy Alloc
------------------------------------------------------------------------
ALPHA CENTAURI/Hutton Orbital Centauri Mega Gin 3,319 4.38 7
trade.py rare @neto --ly 50 --price --limit 5
Station Rare Cost DistLy Alloc
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
XIHE/Zhen Dock Xihe Biomorphic Companions 4,482 48.10 7
VEGA/Taylor City Vega Slimweed 2,398 33.44 0
LFT 1421/Ehrlich Orbital Void Extract Coffee 2,357 26.45 0
ALTAIR/Solo Orbiter Altairian Skin 489 39.78 18
V1090 HERCULIS/Kaku Plant Herculis Body Rub 160 37.33 20
Finding where to take a rare from Bast:
trade.py rare bast --ly 180 -r --limit 4
Station Rare Cost DistLy Alloc StnLs Pad
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DELTA PHOENICIS/Trading Post Delta Phoenicis Palms 412 179.42 17 3,743 Lrg
DEURINGAS/Shukor Hub Deuringas Truffles 1,892 174.22 0 ? Lrg
HR 7221/Veron City HR 7221 Wheat 415 173.57 0 ? Lrg
ANY NA/Libby Orbital Any Na Coffee 1,790 170.32 11 ? ?