Grand Exchange: What should I Invest in?

The Grand Exchange (also abbreviated as GE) is a trading system for players to buy and sell from each other almost every tradeable item. Membersget six spaces in which they may trade items, but free players are only permitted to two. Traders don't need to advertise, meet each other, or even wait at the GE for their trades to finish. All coins and items from fully and partly finished trades are collectable at any bank, but not at bank chests (except the one in the clan wars lobby) or deposit boxes. Additionally, players will receive a message in their chatbox when the status of a trade offer is updated. This trading system resembles a real-life electronic assist exchange. Many players find it useful to sell items on the Grand Exchange rather than to a General Store, as the profit margin is much larger for useful items.


What Should I Invest in?
There are a number of quality stocks - items that frequent up and down so that profits can be made fast and easy. 


 Coal - Highly traded commodity, always needed. This is a simple no-brainer.


 Mithril Ore and up - ores are always in demand.


 Raw Lobsters are the most recommended stock for Winter 2011. Theyve slowly dropped in value over the year and are now incredibly cheap to invest in. Raw Lobsters are always in demand as they are easy fish to use to raise Cooking. They'll make a comeback in 2012, likely rising over 200gp a piece when people realize they need some food for training.

9.7 million in one transaction, baby!

Nuff said. What a streak of accidental luck. I had actually long forgotten my investment!

How to get rich on RuneScape

The internet is flooded with sites boasting get rich quick Runescape guides or even real world trading Runescape items. It should be known that these sites are not worth your time. The get-rich quick runescape guides simply share a few outdated strategies on ways to make money (they use time calculations to show off big digits that appeal to the reader) by saying you can collect feathers for an hour to make a certain amount of gp, then if you did that over the course of a week you’d have 7x the original amount and become a millionaire quickly. Well all that is pointless. Feathers are purchasable in infinite stock, so do not waste time collecting feathers.

There are many ways to get rich on RuneScape. Some people merchant, some people kill high level monsters, some people sell items obtained from skill training. I have found that one of the easiest ways of getting rich is simply training a skill. It is time consuming, but here are some easy ways to level and make the most of your time. Here is the process:

1. Choose a skill that is relatively easy to train (woodcutting or fishing or even combat skills)
2. Find something to do that can be easily done while also playing RuneScape. Here are some things you can do:

• Watch a movie. You can resize the Runescape window so that you can watch your movie but see your player at the same time.
• Watch free HD episodes from the ABC network. I like to watch Lost. (www.abc.com)
• Learn about Runescape. Open another browser window and read the RuneScape blog or explore the Knowledge Base.
• Use the Grand Exchange database to find data charts on the items you are fishing/woodcutting/receiving. This can help you find out when the best time to sell will be.

3. Do it! Start up Runescape and get busy! Now that harmful randoms are gone, you do not need to worry about breaking your woodcutting axe or losing your lobster pot!

4. Once you fill up, hit the bank and set your character back to work!

5. Before you know it you will stack up on items you are “powering.”