Marketplace sold history prices spikes, are the values correct ?

[telgou]

I am trying to sell some of my trading cards and i was wondering if the "sold" price history is correct because i keep seeing price spikes on the graph: for example cards that normally sell for 0.2 of my currency have spikes equal to 0.38/0.46/0.54/0.61... It's obviously not a "money transfer" since the values are actually dirt cheap.

Are those really cards that got sold for those amount ? I don't think so.

Also what if someone tries to sell something with value between 0.02$ and 0.03/0.04$ if his currency is of lower value (0.02$-->0.2, 0.03$-->0.41) will the item be listed to the users using $ as 0.02$ or 0.03$ ?

[my new friend]

Originally posted by telgou:

Marketplace sold history prices spikes, are the values correct ?
I am trying to sell some of my trading cards and i was wondering if the "sold" price history is correct because i keep seeing price spikes on the graph: for example cards that normally sell for 0.2 of my currency have spikes equal to 0.38/0.46/0.54/0.61... It's obviously not a "money transfer" since the values are actually dirt cheap.

Are those really cards that got sold for those amount ? I don't think so.

Also what if someone tries to sell something with value between 0.02$ and 0.03/0.04$ if his currency is of lower value (0.02$-->0.2, 0.03$-->0.41) will the item be listed to the users using $ as 0.02$ or 0.03$ ?

Decimal errors create spikes in commodity items. You can't purchase commodity items from specific users.

What is a commodity item?
A commodity is a kind of item where all the items are identical, and can be traded interchangeably. There aren't individual listings for commodity items on the market; instead you place an order to purchase, and an item is selected for you. This is very helpful when trying to buy items that are very frequently traded, and item listings can appear and disappear very quickly.

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/61F0-72B7-9A18-C70B#commodity

[telgou]

Originally posted by my new friend:

Decimal errors create spikes in commodity items. You can't purchase commodity items from specific users.

Sorry, i don't get your point.

I have not asked the right question, my problem is should i set the prices equal to the exact currency conversions (e.g 0.01$/0.02$/0.03$) or lower the values a bit for the sale to be prioritized more than those who set those values exaclty (for example i will set the price to 0.19 instead of 0.2(0.02$) for my sale to be prioritized)
I guess steam just rounds the value regardless ? so you are still set at the back of the line and they take the difference between the value and the rounded value for themselves ?

[cinedine]

Originally posted by telgou:

Originally posted by my new friend:

Decimal errors create spikes in commodity items. You can't purchase commodity items from specific users.

Sorry, i don't get your point.

Somebody put in a buy order for 0.40 USD instead of 0.04 USD. So the oldest offer in that price range is used. Which are ususally the ones way above market value that just sit there.

Kind of answers you next question also:
The oldest offer in the price range is used.
The minimum is 0.03 USD or regional equivalent. You can have values between 3 and 4 cents, yes. If a 4 cent buy offer comes in it will take the oldest offer of either 4 cents, 3 cents, or 3.563 cents. Having a value in between US cents only comes in handy if the buy offer is also made in a different currency. If you offer 3.5 cents, you won't get one for 4 cents.

[**DeiRowtag]

some people try to manipulate the market as well, they buy entiere stock with bots or whatever to increase the price, but it is not an easy task since the market get replenished if the item goes to none available, but it will still increase the price a little for a short moment

[telgou]

Originally posted by cinedine:

Kind of answers you next question also:
The oldest offer in the price range is used.
The minimum is 0.03 USD or regional equivalent. You can have values between 3 and 4 cents, yes. If a 4 cent buy offer comes in it will take the oldest offer of either 4 cents, 3 cents, or 3.563 cents. Having a value in between US cents only comes in handy if the buy offer is also made in a different currency. If you offer 3.5 cents, you won't get one for 4 cents.

Thanks for the infos, and I think i realize what's wrong with the "price sold" graph now... the graph is not accurate within a single month range, there are price spikes only during the last 30 days.
Here is a spike on 7Jan, on 5 Feb i checked the graph and there was a spike on 5Jan too but now it's gone.
https://ibb.co/q53jBhq