Strategies

Flipping a spread is one way to make gp on the GE. These are four others. Each card shows the best trade for that strategy right now, sized to one 4-hour buy-limit window and priced after tax, so you can compare them side by side.

High alchemy

Buy items that alch for more than they cost, then cast High Level Alchemy on them.

Effort: Active
Suits: From 100k
Needs: 55 Magic, nature runes

Alch 4,800 at +397 each. Ties up 41.3m, about 476k/hr.

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Set arbitrage

Combine pieces into an armour set, or split a set into pieces, at the GE clerk for free.

Effort: Semi-active
Suits: 1m to 100m+
Needs: Nothing

Combine 6 sets at +35,220 each. Ties up 21.6m, about 52,830/hr.

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Decanting

Buy potions in cheaper dose sizes, have Bob Barter decant them to 4-dose for free, sell.

Effort: Semi-active
Suits: From 1m
Needs: Nothing

Make 1,500 4-dose potions at +112 each. Ties up 4.8m, about 42,000/hr.

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Tax-free spreads

Flip items the 2% GE tax skips: exempt items and anything under 50 gp.

Effort: Passive
Suits: Any bankroll
Needs: Nothing

Best right now

Civitas illa fortis teleport

+99,638

per 4h window

Flip 1,294 at +77 each. Ties up 916k, about 24,910/hr.

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Side by side

Ranked by profit per 4-hour window. Click a column to sort.

Strategy↓	Best trade now↓	Profit per 4h↓	Per hour↓	Bankroll needed↓	Effort↓
High alchemy	Onyx bolts (e)	+1.91m	476k/hr	41.3m	Active
Set arbitrage	Dharok's armour set	+211k	52,830/hr	21.6m	Semi-active
Decanting	Super strength	+168k	42,000/hr	4.8m	Semi-active
Tax-free spreads	Civitas illa fortis teleport	+99,638	24,910/hr	916k	Passive

What the labels mean

Active: You click the whole time, like casting an alch every few seconds.
Semi-active: Buy, do one quick step at the GE, sell. Check back each 4 hours.
Passive: Place your offers and wait. No in-game step besides collecting.
Suits: The bankroll range the strategy works well with in general.
Bankroll needed: What the best trade right now ties up for one full window.

How the numbers work

One window is the 4 hours a GE buy limit lasts. We size each trade to the smallest of its buy limit, 10% of what the market trades in 4 hours, and for alchemy the 4,800 casts you can make in that time.

Profit is what you keep per unit after the 2% GE tax and any runes, times that quantity. Per hour is that profit divided by 4. It is the same sizing the screener uses for potential profit, so a strategy and a flip compare fairly.