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From reagents to realized gold

A liquidity ledger, market map and the difference between listed inventory and gold in bags.

Question answered here
How much of my wealth is actually liquid?
What you get
See capital the market has not returned
ContextMidnight · Curse of Ula’tekchecked 2026-08-19
Market Ledger · portfolio snapshot

See how much gold you own and how much merely looks like gold

One snapshot separates cash in bags, listed inventory and expected realization. This is the first step before a new batch, reset or profession scale-up.

Model 00 · editable
CASHGold now
STOCKCapital at risk
FLOWVelocity
Market balance sheet00
Market position
Balanced capital

Listed value is not cash. Sell-through and the AH cut apply only to expected realization; unsold stock remains working capital at risk.

Expected inventory cash-
Inventory at risk-
Total market capital-
Cash after operating spend-
Liquidity ratio-
Cash after cycle-
Capital velocity / week-
Inputs save locally
Economy map · market flywheel

Follow one gold from reagent to the next market cycle

WoW Retail is a working-capital chain. Materials become stock, stock passes through the market, and only realized cash funds the next move.

01-07 · interactive
01gather or buy

Material flow

Reagents enter through personal gathering, the Auction House or the customer. A self-farmed material still carries a market opportunity cost.

Key signalbuy price vs effective GPH
Player decisionCompare effective gathering GPH with the purchase price. Never treat self-farmed reagents as free inside crafting margin.
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Method and freshness

Version fact on one layer. Your inputs on another.

The primary source defines patch or event context. Every editable price, horizon, probability and risk remains a user input.

Decision context

This is not an isolated page. It is part of a game route.

The playbook shows what has been checked, which layer comes next and where the decision becomes action.

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