Learn the Grand Exchange

The mechanics behind the numbers: how the Grand Exchange really works, written for players who want to stop guessing. Start anywhere - the articles cross-reference each other.

• Grand Exchange buy limits explained - What OSRS Grand Exchange buy limits are, how the rolling 4-hour window really works, why Jagex caps purchases, and how limits shape flipping profit.
• The Grand Exchange tax explained - How the 2% OSRS Grand Exchange tax works: who pays it, the 5m cap, the sub-50 gp exemption, why it exists, and the break-even math every flipper should know.
• How Grand Exchange prices actually work - Instant-buy vs instant-sell, how GE offers match, why the spread exists, guide price vs real-time price, and where OSRS live price data really comes from.
• How to read GE price charts - A practical guide to OSRS price charts: buy/sell lines, candlesticks and OHLC, volume bars, timeframes, and using SMA, EMA and RSI without fooling yourself.
• Bankroll and risk management for GE flipping - How to size positions, spread risk across GE slots, survive dumps and manipulation, and set exit rules so one bad OSRS flip never wipes out a week of profit.
• High alchemy and the price floors of OSRS - How High Level Alchemy sets a hard floor under hundreds of OSRS item prices, the alch margin math, why floored items behave differently, and how traders use floors as downside protection.
• Supply and demand in OSRS: sources and sinks - Where OSRS items actually come from (drops, skilling, shops) and where they go (consumption, alchemy, degradation, the item sink), and how those flows explain long-term GE price trends.
• Getting your GE offers filled: queues, pricing and slot tactics - Why OSRS GE offers sit unfilled, how price-time priority queues really work, margin-checking with test trades, when to reprice, and how to run your eight slots like a trader.

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