Beginning Inventory: ~32.33 ref (in metal, weapons, crates, third-party site inventory)

Ending Inventory: ~42.33 ref (in metal, weapons, crates, Sniper Rifle)

Trades Made: 29

Total Trades Made: 230

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Today was a busy day for me, so I didn't make as much progress towards my goal of reaching 1 key as I would have liked. However, I was still able to make over 10 ref in under 30 trades today, which is much more efficient than yesterday's 15 ref in over 100 trades. I've realized that trading Vaccinators or other items for only 1 or 2 scrap in profit isn't worth it at this point in the challenge, so I hope to continue this trend of making more ref with fewer trades over the next few days.

Methods used today: mostly flipping cosmetics, both painted and unpainted

I also decided to take a slight risk today by buying a Strange KS Rust Botkiller Sniper Rifle with the strange part: Airborne Enemy Kills attached from a bot. This weapon only has a base value of 20 ref (I bought it for 21.77), but the strange part attached to it is worth over 5.5 keys. While the strange part admittedly doesn't have great synergy with a sniper rifle, I nevertheless hope to be able to sell the weapon for more than I paid for it eventually.