A few weeks ago, we published “Yew Logs at ATL? (130s) — What’s Going On” showing that yew logs were trading in the low-130s GP range — a level the OSRS flipping community was calling all-time low territory — and suggested that price could be a strong floor due to extreme volume and price compression.
Here’s how the market has responded since that call.
📊 Then vs Now — Price Comparison
At the time of our floor article:
- Yew Logs were ~131–134 GP
- This was well below historical support and marked by heavy sell pressure.
- Volume was massive — 60M+ logs/day — indicating panic-level trading.
Now (current GE price):
- Yew Logs are trading around ~150–160 GP
- That’s a solid bounce from the 130s, validating the idea that the low-130s were a major support zone and that selling pressure was drying up.
This represents an approximate 15%–20% gain from where we flagged the floor, a reliable return for patient flippers who scaled in during the bottom range.
📈 What the Bounce Tells Us
This move isn’t a flash spike or a hyper-volatile pump — it’s a steady reclaim of lost ground, and it reflects a few important market dynamics:
🪓 1. Selling Exhaustion Has Turned Into Buying Support
Once prices dipped into the 130s, the pool of willing sellers shrank rapidly. After that:
- Orders began to get picked up instead of dumped
- Bid walls formed closer to prior support levels
- Flippers recognized value and began accumulating again
This transition from panic dumping to opportunistic buying is exactly what drives rebounds like this.
🌲 2. Wild Volume Didn’t Kill the Market
Even with enormous trading volume, yew logs didn’t continue to fall:
- Heavy volume on the downside
- THEN heavy volume on accumulation as bids held
That tells us this wasn’t a real collapse in demand — it was a temporary imbalance that corrected itself.
🪙 3. Fundamentals Still Matter
Yew logs remain one of the highest-volume items in OSRS:
- They’re used constantly for fletching and woodcutting training
- They remain a baseline resource in the economy
- That large natural demand helped absorb selling
Even at lower margins, the sheer volume makes small swings meaningful.
📊 What Flippers Should Do Next
Here’s a practical game plan going forward:
🟩 Scale Out Profits as Price Rises
Don’t hold through uncertainty — take partial profits around:
- First resistance ~170 GP
- Next band ~180–190 GP
Higher prices are possible, but volume usually slows near psychological levels.
🟡 Watch for Support Re-Tests
If price dips back toward the 140–145 GP zone, that becomes a secondary buy range, not a panic sell point.
🔁 Short-Term Flip Play
This move is ideal for mid-term flipping:
- Buy in the 140s
- Sell into the 170s–180s
- Re-enter on any disciplined pullbacks
🎯 Bottom Line
Our original call on yew logs hitting extreme lows in the 130s proved prescient — the market has since retraced much of those losses. This bounce highlights a core principle:
📌 A true floor forms not just where prices are low, but where selling pressure exhausts and buying support returns.
Flippers who recognized this and scaled positions near the 130s are sitting on real gains today — and there’s still opportunity left if you manage risk carefully.
