What do depth, spread and turnover mean?

Depth is the units listed now. Spread is the gap between the 25th and 75th percentile of the listings at the latest scan, as a share of the median: a wide spread means the price you get depends on timing. Turnover is how much of the shelf changes a day, so a high turnover means the item sells.

What is a supply shock on the auction house?

The newest day of scans shows an item listed in a quantity two standard deviations away from its previous 30 days. Flooded means far more than usual is listed, and the price tends to sag; drained means the shelf emptied, and the price tends to climb.

Market structure

Pick a market. Every item shows how much of it you can move, how fast its shelf turns over, and whether its supply just changed.

For the size of each house as a whole, see the economy of every megaserver.

On Normal Horde EU, the most gold sits in Gloves of Holy Might: 3 listed, worth about 899g. No item had a supply shock on the newest day of scans.

Current market: Normal Horde EU. This browser opens every tool here until you pick another. Address for this market: ahledger.com/structure?market=forever/normal/horde/eu

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▸How this is worked out

Depth is units listed now. Spread is the gap between the 25th and 75th percentile of the book at the most recent scan, as a share of that scan's median. Turnover is how much of the shelf changes per day. A shock is the newest day's quantity sitting two standard deviations from the 30 days before it.

Depth and turnover · Normal Horde EU

Item	Depth	On the house	Spread	Turnover	Volatility	Days
Gloves of Holy Might	3	899g 43s	294%	100%	76%	2
Golden Pearl	40	516g	0%	68%	25%	4
Fiery War Axe	3	503g 46s	208%	0%	43%	2
Libram of Voracity	1	500g 1s	0%	-	-	1
Gromsblood	430	421g 40s	1%	118%	3%	2
Ring of Saviors	2	400g	0%	67%	0%	2
Heavy Stone	6,626	343g 88s	25%	97%	74%	5
Chromatic Sword	2	301g 84s	0%	67%	10%	2
Dark Whelpling	2	300g	0%	67%	3%	2
Staff of Jordan	3	285g	4%	67%	103%	2
Stranglevine	68	271g 99s	0%	147%	53%	2
Mageweave Bag	163	267g 32s	1%	79%	36%	4
Raptor Flesh	4,323	259g 38s	41%	55%	99%	4
Burning Charm	473	255g 37s	70%	95%	58%	4
Wintersbite	1,030	252g 35s	2%	96%	66%	4
Flurry Axe	1	250g	0%	-	-	1
Cured Heavy Hide	904	244g 8s	7%	98%	76%	4
Pristine Hide	2,675	240g 48s	29%	63%	104%	5
Blue Pearl	421	231g 33s	21%	65%	14%	5
Iron Ore	4,815	219g 8s	15%	59%	123%	5
Small Silk Pack	520	202g 80s	18%	60%	66%	5
Bow of Searing Arrows	2	200g	40%	0%	64%	2
Thick Leather Ammo Pouch	81	170g 10s	48%	111%	62%	2
Briny Seafood Stew	276	168g 36s	3%	120%	30%	3
Mageweave Reagent Bag	50	166g 50s	126%	124%	25%	3
Vibrant Plume	866	163g 50s	11%	45%	44%	4
Frilled Lichen	841	162g 64s	79%	37%	63%	5
Black Pearl	139	157g 4s	3%	70%	45%	5
Gut Ripper	4	156g	15%	100%	38%	2
The Green Tower	4	155g 60s	0%	64%	42%	3
Blueprint: Journeyman Campfire	14	154g	9%	78%	83%	5
Bolt of Mageweave	423	152g 61s	5%	53%	95%	5
Gray Kodo	1	150g 1s	0%	-	-	1
Dazzling Longsword	2	150g	301%	40%	81%	2
Robes of Insight	1	149g 89s	0%	-	-	1
Elixir of Greater Intellect	437	148g 53s	27%	106%	52%	3
Heavy Hide	465	141g 73s	59%	42%	131%	5
Cerulean Dye	346	140g 37s	0%	37%	42%	5
Goldthorn Tea	305	140g 26s	22%	134%	6%	2
Elixir of Greater Agility	98	132g 30s	12%	-	-	1
Recipe: Dragonbreath Chili	15	131g 25s	0%	91%	46%	3
Moonsteel Broadsword	41	127g 10s	9%	53%	25%	3
Troll Tribal Necklace	255	124g 95s	0%	128%	1%	3
Giant Egg	152	122g 80s	0%	99%	6%	3
Iron Bar	2,354	120g 99s	2%	52%	71%	5
Icemail Jerkin	1	120g 12s	0%	-	-	1
Item 285094	4	119g 96s	47%	0%	21%	2
Pitchblende	10	118g 89s	0%	95%	1%	3
Carved Centaur Totem	1,188	116g 78s	58%	50%	91%	4
Firebloom	423	114g 16s	22%	117%	40%	3
Rough Bronze Leggings	1,889	113g 34s	0%	49%	18%	5
Copper Ore	7,361	110g 41s	27%	24%	59%	5
Solid Stone	3,970	109g 57s	17%	63%	102%	4
Mithril Bar	1,202	106g 1s	4%	119%	83%	4
Shadowfang	15	101g 85s	11%	47%	67%	5
Silk Cloth	4,988	101g 75s	2%	57%	64%	5
Purple Lotus	725	101g 50s	21%	105%	53%	3
Jade	210	100g 38s	38%	66%	56%	5
Thundering Charm	205	100g 36s	0%	61%	34%	3
Tiny Crimson Whelpling	1	100g	0%	0%	4%	2

A tight spread with high depth is a market you can move size in. A wide spread with low depth moves against you the moment you buy.

Day of week

Day	Price index	Listings index	Days
Sunday	0.797	1.426	1
Monday	0.764	1.691	1
Thursday	1.321	0.384	1
Friday	1.218	0.483	1
Saturday	0.900	1.016	1

Each day is indexed against the week around it, item by item, so neither an expensive item nor a market that drifted over the quarter can tilt the table, and the seven are then centred so an average week reads 1.000. Under 1.000 is a cheap day to buy; over 1.000 is a good day to sell. The Days column counts the days behind each figure, not the readings, so read it once there are several weeks there.

Common questions

Where is the most gold listed on the WoW Forever auction house?: On Normal Horde EU, the most gold sits in Gloves of Holy Might: 3 listed, worth about 899g. No item had a supply shock on the newest day of scans.
What do depth, spread and turnover mean?: Depth is the units listed now. Spread is the gap between the 25th and 75th percentile of the listings at the latest scan, as a share of the median: a wide spread means the price you get depends on timing. Turnover is how much of the shelf changes a day, so a high turnover means the item sells.
What is a supply shock on the auction house?: The newest day of scans shows an item listed in a quantity two standard deviations away from its previous 30 days. Flooded means far more than usual is listed, and the price tends to sag; drained means the shelf emptied, and the price tends to climb.