I seem to be not getting something

well ive been noticing that the trader price of Ectos keeps going down , logically this means someone is selling to trader in vast quanities but why?

wouldnt it make more sense just to sell it to other people instead of making the price go lower ?

i really just dont understand this

Go to Farming forum look for A/E Perma Shadow Form Assassin
There is your answer.
And people are lazy

it's all about money, actually. if you keep ectos at 5k, you'll only get a sale once every hour, say. if you sell it at 4.5k, you'll sell one every 30 min. there are two functions common in any market: supply and demand. finding where the functions are equivalent is generally considered optimal. these functions are generally fairly simple regressions. so if you can sell 1 ecto every 30 seconds at 4k, then it's much more profitable to do so. otherwise, by your logic, you could hold the ectos at 100k, and refuse to sell until 1 person buys it maybe once every 5 years.

Its faster to sell to the trader, and if you sell in high quantities, then you will value sped over a few hundred gold.

First, of the trillions of ecto-farming A/E that are swarming the Underworld, many of them are selling their Ecto to the trader - by selling to the trader, they save time that can be used for farming more ecto - making more money overall in the end.

Second, I'm pretty damn sure that at least a few of the 'rich' who hoard ectos are liquidating their stock in fear of the sky falling, or whatever. And more ectos on the market = cheaper ectos.