Reading the Headlines (aka Thanks Mittani)

So for any would be industrialist, I'd suggest putting themittani.com on their preferred reading list. The Mittani (and how ego driven do you have to be to put "The" in your name?) is the leader of one of the most storied alliances and coalitions in Eve currently. GSF (Goonswarm Fleet) and their coalition, CFC (no idea what that stands for).

Now I plug the site, not because it is a good, enteraining read (which it is) nor because it is pro-industrialist (which it largely isn't) but rather because the numerous battle reports are very, very important to read for getting a sense of what you should be building. They tell you typical builds and you can take guesses at modules and ships that are being used. Then you can go to the market and see the affects these are having.

For example, NCDot started using Zealots heavily lately. Whether they produced their own or bought them from the market, either way, that's a big change and the market for zealots has skyrocketed (inventing them with the right decryptor yields an insane yield at present).

Likewise, CFC has started trying to use unprobable sniper Tornados. There's only a couple ways to get something unprobable and sniping implies a fairly specific build.

NCDot is also using instalocking recon ships (though I don't know what type... I'm guessing Huginn's or Lachesis??).

All of that creates demand on the market (or reduced suppl, which, for our purposes is the same price increase). And all of that was gleaned from a few battle reports.

These are opportunities that you should research (to confirm) and then jump on. They won't last long. Other people will figure them out and the market will level out. But until it does, enjoy the isk faucet.