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 US, the most gold sits in Icemail Jerkin: 5 listed, worth about 1,600g. No item had a supply shock on the newest day of scans.

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

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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 · PvP Horde US

Item	Depth	On the house	Spread	Turnover	Volatility	Days
Icemail Jerkin	5	1,600g	38%	120%	63%	2
Edgemaster's Handguards	1	1,200g	0%	-	-	1
Robes of Insight	2	991g 78s	1%	67%	0%	2
Ring of Saviors	3	960g	2%	67%	1%	2
Underworld Band	8	800g	101%	100%	1%	2
Plans: Steel Weapon Chain	5	575g	13%	75%	147%	3
Burning Charm	611	537g 68s	28%	71%	79%	4
Staff of Jordan	4	440g	3%	67%	67%	2
Mageweave Cloth	6,724	413g 52s	21%	66%	83%	5
Tiny Emerald Whelpling	2	398g 76s	0%	0%	5%	2
Item 287005	8	384g	19%	90%	34%	3
Nightblade	5	372g 50s	2%	100%	10%	2
Schematic: Sniper Scope	4	355g 52s	22%	50%	109%	4
Wall of the Dead	2	351g	0%	-	-	1
Nightscape Headband	270	318g 60s	47%	56%	26%	3
Boots of Avoidance	4	304g	21%	-	-	1
Briny Seafood Stew	517	284g 35s	18%	132%	2%	2
Robe of the Magi	13	270g 1s	48%	60%	43%	3
Mageweave Bag	156	269g 88s	23%	66%	23%	4
Giant Egg	369	261g 84s	8%	121%	23%	3
Runecloth	745	260g 75s	0%	144%	39%	3
Blueprint: Fishing Rack	36	257g 40s	2%	36%	33%	4
Mithril Ore	3,707	250g 96s	14%	65%	161%	4
First Mate Hat	1	250g	0%	67%	24%	2
Journeyman's Backpack	31	247g 69s	28%	71%	49%	5
Umbral Crystal	4	240g	8%	0%	51%	2
Bow of Searing Arrows	3	240g	13%	40%	73%	2
Pattern: Herbalist's Gloves	6	240g	3%	100%	34%	2
Iron Bar	4,695	238g 97s	9%	61%	68%	5
Expert Cookbook	239	236g 61s	6%	64%	40%	5
Item 287010	5	228g 50s	151%	-	-	1
Small Silk Pack	617	228g 29s	11%	45%	66%	5
Golden Pearl	57	227g 54s	38%	80%	39%	4
The Green Tower	3	225g	0%	0%	14%	2
Gloves of Holy Might	5	225g	33%	100%	6%	2
Sungrass	440	219g 95s	50%	114%	44%	4
Wintersbite	863	214g 88s	1%	92%	42%	3
Frost Oil	375	209g 92s	73%	56%	55%	3
Small Radiant Shard	201	204g 95s	14%	91%	134%	4
Formula: Enchant Bracer - Greater Intellect	1	200g 46s	0%	-	-	1
Item 287070	5	200g	5%	120%	7%	2
Recipe: Elixir of the Mongoose	2	190g	5%	-	-	1
Item 286999	9	189g	29%	75%	47%	3
Blazing Emblem	8	184g	9%	100%	29%	2
Bolt of Mageweave	546	180g 18s	7%	45%	20%	5
Arthas' Tears	190	178g 60s	1%	97%	31%	3
Large Knapsack	79	177g 75s	42%	76%	42%	4
Heaven's Light	5	175g	3%	120%	81%	2
Felcloth	17	174g 93s	0%	133%	45%	2
Expert First Aid - Under Wraps	144	171g 36s	0%	37%	83%	5
Turtle Meat	2,089	166g 91s	33%	49%	54%	4
Assault Band	9	166g 50s	3%	50%	61%	2
Blueprint: Expert Campfire	3	165g	11%	67%	0%	2
Heavy Leather	7,496	164g 16s	9%	38%	108%	5
Silk Cloth	8,178	162g 74s	2%	40%	107%	5
Amethyst Band	83	162g 68s	70%	75%	40%	5
Iron Ore	3,621	162g 58s	12%	43%	78%	5
Swampwalker Boots	18	162g	22%	39%	44%	3
Vision Dust	1,151	160g 90s	40%	62%	90%	4
Item 287011	2	160g	0%	-	-	1

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	0.755	1.272	1
Monday	0.785	1.991	1
Thursday	1.450	0.355	1
Friday	1.150	0.523	1
Saturday	0.861	0.860	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 US, the most gold sits in Icemail Jerkin: 5 listed, worth about 1,600g. 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.