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 PvP Horde EU, the most gold sits in Edgemaster's Handguards: 2 listed, worth about 2,198g. No item had a supply shock on the newest day of scans.

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

1MarketStructure needs a few days of scans on the market.

▸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 · PvP Horde EU

Item	Depth	On the house	Spread	Turnover	Volatility	Days
Edgemaster's Handguards	2	2,198g	0%	-	-	1
Flurry Axe	1	1,500g	0%	0%	51%	3
Fiery War Axe	5	1,000g	168%	29%	3%	2
Krol Blade	2	799g 98s	0%	0%	0%	2
Devilsaur Leather	64	768g	0%	185%	45%	2
Thick Leather	7,622	486g 28s	24%	50%	65%	5
Underworld Band	6	468g	10%	45%	41%	3
Gromsblood	476	461g 14s	0%	159%	29%	2
Mageweave Cloth	7,003	437g 68s	5%	64%	112%	4
Wild Steelbloom	6,386	401g 67s	63%	85%	90%	5
Staff of Jordan	4	381g 8s	21%	30%	31%	3
Elixir of Greater Agility	247	365g 56s	2%	159%	3%	2
Iron Ore	6,844	362g 4s	3%	62%	60%	5
Heavy Stone	7,270	341g 69s	8%	62%	75%	5
Felcloth	101	323g 20s	4%	176%	22%	2
Runecloth	1,568	321g 44s	0%	70%	52%	3
Heavy Leather	10,175	314g 40s	10%	52%	75%	5
Iridescent Pearl	428	301g 1s	50%	50%	85%	5
Pattern: Devilsaur Leggings	2	300g 26s	83%	0%	28%	2
Nightblade	5	295g	0%	86%	28%	2
Pattern: Robes of Arcana	2	290g	3%	-	-	1
Sealed Journeyman's Writ	361	285g	122%	46%	76%	5
Robes of Insight	4	283g 56s	29%	100%	33%	2
Mystic Thick Armor Kit	148	276g 71s	36%	148%	0%	2
Gut Ripper	4	264g	2%	100%	67%	2
Steel Bar	2,059	260g 87s	23%	61%	65%	4
Tiger Meat	1,087	260g 77s	79%	64%	39%	4
Recipe: Elixir of the Mongoose	10	259g 90s	54%	150%	25%	2
Sungrass	662	250g 23s	1%	119%	64%	3
Mithril Ore	3,403	245g 1s	4%	53%	82%	4
Bow of Searing Arrows	6	234g	0%	29%	38%	2
Swiftthistle	3,426	223g 3s	21%	19%	31%	5
Pristine Leather	2,803	222g 55s	55%	26%	78%	5
Mageweave Reagent Bag	57	205g 20s	3%	83%	16%	3
Stockade Pauldrons	1	200g 31s	0%	0%	0%	2
Globe of Water	40	199g 99s	0%	154%	3%	2
Liferoot	3,259	195g 54s	63%	66%	46%	5
Rugged Leather	668	193g 65s	35%	41%	79%	5
Jet Black Feather	97	193g 3s	1%	-	-	1
Expert First Aid - Under Wraps	166	190g 90s	23%	47%	21%	5
Item 287005	2	190g	5%	30%	13%	3
Briny Seafood Stew	364	185g 9s	22%	161%	14%	2
Vision Dust	1,540	184g 33s	19%	76%	55%	5
Pattern: Swift Boots	23	184g 23s	76%	80%	129%	4
Stranglevine	80	178g 32s	3%	104%	53%	3
Icemail Jerkin	2	178g	0%	40%	53%	2
Mooncloth	1	175g	0%	-	-	1
Frilled Lichen	1,011	173g 38s	3%	43%	42%	5
Gloves of Holy Might	5	170g	15%	29%	26%	2
Small Silk Pack	443	168g 34s	26%	56%	46%	5
Sealed Expert's Writ	479	167g 65s	223%	60%	134%	4
Volatile Rum	284	167g 50s	0%	112%	75%	3
Mithril Bar	2,002	165g 76s	6%	63%	96%	4
Cerulean Dye	444	165g 16s	2%	21%	28%	5
Blazing Emblem	11	165g	67%	92%	74%	3
Soul Dust	3,236	161g 80s	6%	48%	102%	5
Thick Hide	696	161g 47s	37%	83%	71%	4
Silk Cloth	8,067	161g 34s	2%	49%	62%	5
Wall of the Dead	1	160g 50s	0%	0%	0%	2
Shellfish	204	159g 9s	0%	76%	59%	4

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	0.774	1.418	1
Monday	0.808	1.738	1
Thursday	1.360	0.425	1
Friday	1.173	0.515	1
Saturday	0.884	0.904	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 PvP Horde EU, the most gold sits in Edgemaster's Handguards: 2 listed, worth about 2,198g. 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.