'More buyers than sellers' is a perfectly reasonable statement, and v-v. If one side competes more for trade, then it will have a price pressure. Say you ran a

'More buyers than sellers' is a perfectly reasonable statement, and v-v. If one side competes more for trade, then it will have a price pressure. Say you ran an auction of goods (paintings, junk, whatever) with 10 potential buyers in attendance, do you think you'd get higher or lower prices than if you ran an auction with 1000 buyers in attendance?