[STO] Dilithium Tracking 3/21/13

A shadow looms. What is it? Well, I’ll find out in about 6 hours as of this writing. Okay, no I won’t, I’ll be asleep. But, the sharp drop in trade volume today is almost certainly because of it. Something’s coming, and I’m assuming people are holding onto their Zen and Dilithium until they know what it is.

This is definitely a relative high for Z:D. It hasn’t been to 1:99 since December, really. Its still an amazing rate for people buying Zen with Dilithium, but if you want to buy Dilithium? This is a better time than its been in a while. Of course, by the time you read this, everything may have changed.

Now, the charts:

1/21/2013	84	87	90				92
1/28/2013	94	94	92	91	89	89	90
2/4/2013	90	91	91	91	92	91	91
2/11/2013	91	92	91	91	90		90
2/18/2013	90	92	94		91	90
2/25/2013	91	91	90			88	88
3/3/2013	89	89	89	90	90		90
3/11/2013	90	90	91	93	92	92	93
3/18/2013	94	98	99

By the Day	By the Week

Comments

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