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 RP Alliance US, the most gold sits in Bow of Searing Arrows: 1 listed, worth about 500g. No item had a supply shock on the newest day of scans.

Current market: RP Alliance US. This browser opens every tool here until you pick another. Address for this market: ahledger.com/structure?market=forever/rp/alliance/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 · RP Alliance US

Item	Depth	On the house	Spread	Turnover	Volatility	Days
Bow of Searing Arrows	1	500g 21s	0%	-	-	1
Blueprint: Fishing Rack	6	294g	29%	33%	0%	3
Tiny Crimson Whelpling	1	250g	0%	-	-	1
Silver Ore	617	209g 78s	57%	61%	76%	5
Underworld Band	1	200g	0%	-	-	1
Blueprint: Tanning Rack	8	160g	25%	75%	87%	3
Troll's Bane Leggings	4	120g	0%	60%	9%	3
Duskbringer	3	96g	11%	67%	6%	2
Silver Bar	472	94g 40s	52%	70%	116%	5
Blueprint: Arcane Salvager	3	89g 97s	0%	50%	80%	3
Expert Cookbook	59	87g 91s	14%	85%	5%	4
Raw Winter Squid	68	85g	20%	90%	52%	3
Mithril Ore	469	81g 18s	0%	82%	42%	4
Exploding Shot	7,831	78g 31s	26%	83%	117%	5
Solid Stone	800	74g 80s	60%	72%	30%	3
Black Pearl	36	72g	23%	77%	29%	4
The 1 Ring	7	69g 93s	10%	30%	22%	4
Nature Protection Potion	98	69g 57s	34%	49%	81%	3
Medium Leather	3,195	63g 90s	89%	75%	69%	5
Feet of the Lynx	18	63g	33%	59%	82%	4
Robe of the Magi	3	60g	0%	-	-	1
Accurate Scope	12	60g	0%	86%	6%	2
Crimson Silk Vest	30	59g 40s	58%	100%	20%	2
Iron Shield Spike	55	54g 45s	24%	83%	35%	3
Iron Ore	669	54g 32s	18%	44%	62%	4
Cerulean Dye	120	54g	2%	32%	14%	5
Vision Dust	240	51g 55s	2%	82%	60%	3
Journeyman's Backpack	3	51g	41%	19%	13%	4
Viscous Hammer	2	50g	0%	-	-	1
Desert Choker	1	50g	0%	0%	0%	2
Recipe: Wildvine Potion	5	49g 70s	30%	64%	74%	3
Small Silk Pack	111	48g 84s	7%	60%	39%	4
Mithril Bar	269	48g 42s	0%	88%	5%	3
Waylaid Crate: Apprentice Textiles	86	48g 14s	25%	24%	51%	4
Dream Dust	24	47g 75s	37%	126%	0%	2
Robes of Arcana	15	46g 50s	3%	127%	13%	2
Fused Wiring	46	46g	35%	81%	25%	3
Iridescent Pearl	66	45g 98s	28%	49%	86%	4
The Black Knight	6	45g	19%	55%	7%	3
Hellslayer Battle Axe	3	45g	51%	67%	4%	2
Pattern: Guardian Belt	3	45g	0%	33%	26%	4
Lesser Mana Potion	852	42g 60s	116%	63%	54%	5
Forest Tracker Epaulets	5	42g 50s	6%	100%	3%	2
Silver Hand Training Hammer	4	42g	0%	-	-	1
Blueprint: Greenhouse	12	42g	50%	75%	34%	3
Savory Deviate Delight	214	41g 60s	0%	80%	29%	3
Red Linen Bag	827	41g 35s	0%	35%	24%	5
Large Glowing Shard	41	41g	1%	80%	46%	3
Small Glowing Shard	93	40g 91s	27%	75%	29%	3
Iron Bar	455	40g 90s	11%	58%	34%	4
Citrine	54	40g 50s	84%	87%	82%	5
Doomspike	4	40g	15%	120%	0%	2
Double-barreled Shotgun	10	40g	0%	62%	15%	4
Firemane Leggings	4	39g 60s	11%	64%	69%	3
Expert Fishing - The Bass and You	21	39g 27s	0%	81%	15%	4
Barbaric Shoulders	81	38g 88s	17%	88%	82%	3
Bronze Bar	1,743	38g 69s	17%	59%	123%	5
Greater Mystic Essence	58	38g 28s	15%	75%	23%	3
Wild Steelbloom	477	38g 16s	6%	63%	63%	5
Elemental Water	116	37g 90s	17%	72%	62%	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	0.844	1.256	1
Monday	0.828	1.913	1
Thursday	1.366	0.370	1
Friday	1.057	0.664	1
Saturday	0.904	0.797	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 RP Alliance US, the most gold sits in Bow of Searing Arrows: 1 listed, worth about 500g. 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.