Manual Strategy
Manual strategy ignores the valuation settings completely and allows the user to place bids without a set valuation. Note that these bids are a one-time occurrence and are not repeated automatically. If you wish to place a take-it-or-leave-it bid automatically at each auction round use the Linear valuation and select the automatic strategy
To place a manual bid, enter the quantity desired in the left hand numerical entry box, and the desired unit price in the right hand numerical entry box (pay close attention to the units displayed so you do not make an error). After you enter both numerical values, click Bid. Your bid is submitted to the Resource agent. You may observe the results of your bid in the Auction Table or the Auction Chart window.
The initial displayed value in the Manual strategy window is the last bid placed by the Automatic strategy. You may, if you wish, view both the automatic and manual strategy screens simultaneously and quickly activate the manual strategy if you wish to place a bid. If you return to the Automatic strategy, the agent will return to bidding along the original valuation curve according to its standard bidding strategy.