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 Horde US, the most gold sits in Golden Pearl: 8 listed, worth about 364g. No item had a supply shock on the newest day of scans.

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

Item	Depth	On the house	Spread	Turnover	Volatility	Days
Golden Pearl	8	364g 8s	2%	95%	20%	3
Formula: Enchant Weapon - Demonslaying	1	350g 21s	0%	-	-	1
Mithril Bar	579	283g 59s	1%	116%	15%	3
Mithril Ore	1,031	257g 33s	16%	78%	19%	3
Medium Leather	7,831	223g 18s	80%	74%	38%	3
Blueprint: Tanning Rack	21	207g 90s	55%	82%	100%	3
Plans: Mithril Spurs	5	200g	0%	86%	0%	2
Solid Stone	1,493	179g 1s	58%	87%	56%	3
Swiftthistle	2,199	175g 92s	196%	55%	39%	3
Blue Pearl	167	165g 33s	5%	104%	51%	3
Cobalt Crusher	3	165g	65%	100%	74%	2
Mageweave Cloth	1,773	141g 84s	13%	104%	66%	3
Goldthorn	415	141g 10s	41%	70%	48%	3
Gold Power Core	325	136g 50s	0%	175%	16%	2
Blueprint: Fishing Rack	7	132g 65s	0%	75%	12%	3
Bolt of Mageweave	111	128g 74s	45%	38%	115%	3
Cerulean Dye	252	100g 74s	13%	62%	27%	3
Recipe: Dragonbreath Chili	2	100g	0%	-	-	1
Journeyman's Backpack	4	99g 96s	0%	64%	63%	3
Black Pearl	22	97g 2s	1%	115%	31%	3
Robes of Arcana	18	95g 4s	0%	143%	22%	2
Perfect Deviate Scale	347	86g 75s	41%	48%	33%	3
Pristine Leather	677	81g 17s	60%	20%	45%	3
Shadowfang	4	80g	650%	67%	113%	2
Recipe: Limited Invulnerability Potion	1	80g	0%	0%	9%	2
Small Lustrous Pearl	224	78g 40s	94%	28%	97%	3
Assassin's Blade	2	78g	0%	75%	13%	3
Truesilver Ore	39	78g	0%	89%	0%	2
Zealot Blade	6	77g 94s	11%	75%	17%	3
Thundering Charm	85	76g 48s	12%	114%	43%	3
Blueprint: Arcane Salvager	7	76g 23s	0%	150%	1%	2
Iron Grenade	379	75g 80s	15%	105%	33%	3
Greater Mystic Essence	100	75g 48s	73%	67%	59%	3
Blue Sapphire	1	75g 6s	0%	30%	0%	3
Blueprint: Rock Garden	3	75g	0%	60%	109%	3
Soul Dust	1,037	73g 62s	2%	35%	27%	3
Formula: Enchant Bracer - Greater Spirit	8	72g	70%	67%	32%	2
Feathered Arrow	14,789	69g 50s	53%	100%	60%	3
Iron Ore	1,385	69g 25s	23%	18%	46%	3
Forest Tracker Epaulets	6	65g 70s	36%	63%	31%	3
Carved Centaur Totem	406	64g 87s	6%	83%	64%	3
Small Glimmering Shard	322	64g 33s	35%	83%	92%	3
Large Glowing Shard	59	63g 13s	12%	61%	73%	3
Lesser Invisibility Potion	123	62g 32s	21%	70%	23%	3
Cresting Charm	68	61g 20s	0%	98%	41%	3
Blueprint: Greenhouse	6	60g 36s	100%	143%	7%	2
Formula: Enchant Cloak - Lesser Agility	2	60g	0%	67%	0%	2
Bauxite	69	59g 32s	6%	81%	76%	3
Rosecap	117	58g 48s	16%	78%	30%	3
Khadgar's Whisker	416	52g	75%	101%	34%	3
Shadowcat Hide	75	51g 75s	3%	86%	41%	3
Gold Ore	284	51g 6s	46%	53%	49%	3
Murloc Skin Bag	1	50g 14s	0%	-	-	1
Basilisk Hide Pants	1	50g	0%	-	-	1
Worn Battleaxe	1	50g	0%	0%	0%	3
Troll-hide Bag	2	49g 88s	0%	-	-	1
Thick Hide	51	49g 48s	2%	107%	37%	3
Item 286992	10	49g	0%	86%	48%	2
Savory Deviate Delight	1,826	48g 57s	16%	64%	36%	3
Mystic Heavy Armor Kit	106	47g 70s	44%	88%	35%	3

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	0.941	1.028	1
Monday	0.845	1.863	1
Thursday	1.161	0.401	1
Saturday	1.054	0.708	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 Horde US, the most gold sits in Golden Pearl: 8 listed, worth about 364g. 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.