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 PvP Alliance EU, the most gold sits in Swiftthistle: 850 listed, worth about 110g. No item had a supply shock on the newest day of scans.

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

Item	Depth	On the house	Spread	Turnover	Volatility	Days
Swiftthistle	850	110g 41s	26%	46%	65%	3
Fadeleaf	263	110g 40s	10%	61%	91%	2
Mageweave Cloth	501	89g 97s	18%	-	-	1
Iron Bar	956	81g 26s	5%	73%	74%	3
Crystalpine Stinger	2	80g	25%	-	-	1
Tiny Crimson Whelpling	1	80g	0%	-	-	1
Wild Steelbloom	224	76g 16s	88%	41%	86%	3
Bolt of Runecloth	73	72g 99s	0%	-	-	1
Heavy Leather	1,049	64g 61s	1%	60%	40%	3
Silk Cloth	2,939	62g 60s	2%	62%	40%	3
Pristine Hide	345	61g 96s	0%	71%	65%	3
Golden Pearl	6	60g	0%	-	-	1
Goldthorn	118	58g 98s	0%	-	-	1
Sealed Expert's Writ	30	56g 9s	1%	-	-	1
Iron Buckle	229	52g 5s	8%	64%	49%	3
Tanning Rack	57	51g 29s	17%	-	-	1
Elixir of Lesser Defense	147	49g 90s	28%	65%	79%	3
Craftsman's Writ: Elixir of Wisdom	5	47g 50s	0%	-	-	1
Barbaric Shoulders	60	47g 40s	43%	-	-	1
Blue Pearl	47	47g	10%	-	-	1
Vision Dust	134	46g 40s	0%	73%	51%	3
Savory Deviate Delight	50	44g 49s	0%	-	-	1
Feet of the Lynx	5	44g 45s	45%	-	-	1
Elemental Water	43	43g 47s	1%	46%	114%	3
Raw Mithril Head Trout	485	43g 40s	12%	70%	92%	2
Bruiseweed	913	40g 90s	24%	34%	44%	3
Heavy Shot	5,295	40g 77s	0%	30%	95%	2
Formula: Enchant Bracer - Greater Stamina	2	40g	400%	-	-	1
Mageweave Bag	9	38g 25s	6%	-	-	1
Khadgar's Whisker	191	38g 14s	1%	62%	61%	2
Craftsman's Writ: Phoenix Pants	4	38g	3%	-	-	1
Cured Heavy Hide	85	37g 40s	0%	-	-	1
Greater Healing Potion	247	37g 5s	6%	70%	26%	3
Skystriker Bow	2	36g 70s	38%	-	-	1
Bauxite	18	36g 17s	0%	90%	60%	2
Thick Hide	13	35g 9s	0%	-	-	1
Frilled Lichen	241	33g 74s	3%	19%	72%	3
Shining Silver Breastplate	11	32g 56s	0%	-	-	1
Savory Whimsyfin Delight	174	32g 17s	87%	74%	62%	3
Magenta Dye	21	31g 50s	0%	-	-	1
Expert Cookbook	23	31g 28s	0%	52%	17%	3
Woolen Reagent Bag	47	31g 2s	5%	51%	21%	3
Small Silk Pack	71	30g 53s	19%	54%	61%	3
Mithril Bar	76	30g 40s	0%	-	-	1
Schematic: Large Seaforium Charge	3	30g 33s	0%	-	-	1
Rumsey Rum Black Label	85	29g 64s	0%	65%	118%	3
Green Iron Bracers	67	29g 48s	41%	-	-	1
Expert Fishing - The Bass and You	20	29g 40s	1%	67%	42%	3
Toughened Leather Gloves	14	28g	13%	64%	35%	3
Bolt of Mageweave	91	27g 64s	0%	54%	60%	3
Staff of the Blessed Seer	3	27g	24%	-	-	1
Stonescale Eel	297	26g 73s	15%	85%	45%	2
Viscous Hammer	1	25g 63s	0%	-	-	1
Solid Shot	3,200	25g 60s	0%	35%	110%	2
Oily Blackmouth	899	25g 17s	116%	42%	62%	3
Solid Stone	168	25g 13s	0%	-	-	1
Blackfang	5	25g	0%	47%	60%	3
Soul Dust	452	24g 54s	45%	66%	42%	3
Elemental Earth	25	24g 50s	73%	-	-	1
Lesser Mystic Essence	70	23g 32s	41%	98%	71%	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
Monday	0.907	1.584	1
Friday	1.096	0.703	1
Saturday	0.996	0.714	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 PvP Alliance EU, the most gold sits in Swiftthistle: 850 listed, worth about 110g. 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.