Variable Value ME Rate (average of last 50 on auction) 196.51% NEX Rate (average of last 50 on auction) 143.22% ME Cost (0.01 tt x 2000 units) * ME Rate 39.3 PED NEX Cost (0.01 tt x 2000 units) * NEX Rate 28.64 PED Profit (10% of ME Cost) 3.93 PED Decay Cost (40 clicks at 1 pec/click) 0.4 PED Sweat Cost (ME Cost - Profit - Decay Cost) - NEX Cost 6.73 PED Sweat unit (Sweat Cost / 2000 units)

Let's chat about Vibrant Sweat.  As I've said before, we should be able to work backwards from the current price of ME and the current price of Force Nexus, to get to a probable pecs-per-bottle value of Sweat.  However, we do need to make a buck, so profit must be reflected in this calculation too.

For now, it is safe to say that the last 50 items of ME sold on auction is decent, so let's use that average from our statistics.

Here's our starting sheet:

Item         : Force Nexus
TT Value     : 0.0100 PED
Market Value : 126%
Unit Price   : 0.0125 PED/unit

Item         : Mind Essence
TT Value     : 0.0100 PED
Market Value : 470%
Unit Price   : 0.0450 PED/unit

Item         : Vibrant Sweat
TT Value     : 0.0000 PED
Unit Price   : ???

Ideally, let's say I want my ME receipts to look like this:

Qty   Item            TT Cost     Market Price
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2000  Mind Essence    20.00 PED       470.00 %
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                             Total 94.00 PED

But here's what I want to pay for Force Nexus:

Qty   Item            TT Cost     Market Price
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2000  Force Nexus     20.00 PED       126.00 %
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                             Total 25.20 PED

I know I had said before that we can calculate the price of sweat easily.  However, this is only really viable if we can peg our profit margin.  Therefore, peg it against the price of refining your ME.  Our constants, will be the average prices as reported by the [Market Board].

Let's assume that we want to make a set 10% profit on all our sales of ME, and we want to figure out what our budget is to buy sweat at:

Here's what we know already...

1. We want to sell x amount of units
   (eg. 2000)
2. We can sell ME at 470%
   (eg. 2000 x 0.01 PED x 470% = 94.00 PED)
3. We can buy Nex at 126%
   (2000 x 0.01 PED x 126% = 25.20 PED)
4. We want to set our markup at 10% of the ME sale price
5. It will cost us 0.40 PED (in refiner decay) to refine 2000 units of ME
   (40 clicks at 1 pec/click)

Let's calculate
So, if we can sell 2K ME (94.00 PED at market rate), minus our profit of the ME sale (9.40 PED), then subtract the total NEX cost (25.20 PED), minus the total cost to refine (0.40 PED), that would leaves us with 59.00 PED.

Lastly, divide 59.00 PED by 2000 units, and we have: 0.0295 PEDs per bottle (or as it is more commonly referred to: 2.95 pecs per bottle).  Of course, if you can buy your sweat at less than 2.95p/b, it would be a bonus.