Talk:Market Forecast/@comment-24.28.71.142-20120814104054

Looks like I got a bit of a head start on you guys. I started recording market prices (per 1000) before this wiki was up and running and I thought I might share. I apologize that I don't have enough time to format it to the wiki; this is the best I can do right now.

Before 4/09, basic resources followed a distinct 7-day pricing cycle while advanced resources followed a 14-day cycle. It should be noted that from 4/09-4/22 the creators had a lot of fun fueling their backstory by introducing wildly erratic prices that cost me a lot of coins at the time. Regardless, after 4/22, both basic and advanced resources adopted a new 14-day cycle. This continued for just under 3 cycles until they changed again. Although my data is nowhere near complete, I have arrived at fairly stable averages that are as follows (same order as above):

I also calculated daily price levels, summing total sale prices and total buy prices. The average for my calculations ended up at $8,213 sale and $15,825 purchase (as of 8/14/12). What these values tell you is that buy prices are 192.68% higher than sale prices, and this markup has been rising by about 0.115% every day. This growth rate has been steady for several weeks, so it is not completely due to the slow approximation of an average.

Again, sorry for the raw data, but thought it could help.

-boyznew