Mats Speculation for Cataclysm

[Ualaa]

Tried to do one of these posts here: http://www.dual-boxing.com/showthread.php?t=32795
I like the title of your post, as it specifies item speculation, which was my intention.

I've decided on a budget of 100k, for my speculation.
A small portion of that has been used to create five new alts, each purely for banking. So I have five level 2's, each the sole member of their own three-bank-tab guild. I already had two guild banks. That gets me 21 x 98 = 2058 slots/stacks for speculation.



Almost everything at level 80, will likely follow the BC/WotLK trend of becoming virtually worthless overnight.
To that end, I'm slowly liquidating anything that can be sold.
This includes level 80 starter gear, for three teams that aren't 80th yet, as Quest 81/82/83 items will likely surpass this gear.
I plan to have no surplus flasks (each team will retain some for a leveling edge), level 80 green/blue gems, armor/weapon enchants etc.
I am continuing the alchemy transmutations, with my army of alchemists. But instead of stocking 8-10 stacks of Eternals/Gems for each transmute type, I'm basically buying what I need each day; profits aren't quite as good, but I won't be stuck with a pile of worthless mats.



My focus is on trade skill leveling items.

The bulk is level 80 items, specifically: Borean Leather, Adder's Tongue/Goldclover/Tiger Lily, Frostweave Cloth, Infinite Dust and Saronite Ore.
I'm buying anything available at a reasonable price.

I am also buying lower level trade skill goods, with a goal of 30-50 stacks of each.
- Light, Medium, Heavy, Thick, Rugged and Knothide Leathers.
- Copper, Tin, Iron, Mithril, Thorium and Fel Iron Ore.
- Linen, Wool, Silk, Mageweave, Runecloth and Netherweave cloth.
- Strange, Soul, Vision, Dream, Illusion and Arcane dusts.
- Briarthorn/Peacebloom/Silverleaf, Fadeleaf/Goldthorn/Khadgar's Whisker, Kingsblood/Liferoot/Sungrass and Golden Sansam/Felweed/Dreaming Glory/Ragveil.

In addition to tradeskills/first-aid, I'm stocking Netherweave and Frostweave bags.

I'll release these in waves, breaking them into groups to be released during: week 1, week 2, week 3, week 4, week 5, week 6, week 7 and week 8 of the expansion.
The goal is to sell each, as demand is the highest and supply the lowest.