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Segment-level performance for the Pokémon market, computed from the same price data the rest of Poke-Trade runs on — with the methodology published before the numbers, not after.
Index levels are not live yet
The price cache is populated but does not yet hold enough dated history across a full basket to compute an index that would mean anything. Levels go live once there is sufficient continuous history — not before.
The baskets we intend to publish, and what each one is for.
A broad basket spanning eras, rarities and both raw and graded copies.
Why: The single headline number for the Pokémon card market as a whole.
Cards from the Wizards of the Coast era.
Why: Separates the collector-driven vintage market from modern print runs.
Cards from recent sets with current print runs.
Why: Tracks a market where supply is still being printed.
Japanese-language releases.
Why: A market with its own print runs, grading conventions and demand curve.
Charizard cards across all eras.
Why: The hobby's most-watched character, often leading the wider market.
Pikachu cards across all eras, including promos.
Why: A distinct demand pattern driven by promos and anniversaries.
Eevee and its evolutions.
Why: A character group collectors buy as a set rather than individually.
Top-grade copies only.
Why: Isolates the grade premium from movement in the underlying raw card.
One index per set.
Why: For collectors working through a specific set.
Publishing this first is deliberate. An index nobody can audit is a marketing number.
Each index has a stated inclusion rule. A card is in or out by that rule, not by editorial judgment about whether it 'belongs'.
All indexes are computed from the same underlying ScryDex price cache that the rest of the site uses. We do not mix sources within an index, because a source change would read as a market move.
A graded index tracks graded copies only. Blending a raw price series with a graded one produces a number that describes neither market.
When a basket changes — a set is added, a card is removed — the change and its date are published with the index, so a step in the series can be attributed to a rebalance rather than to the market.
Where a constituent has too few observations to be meaningful, that is disclosed rather than interpolated away. Smoothing a gap invents movement that did not happen.
Index performance does not describe what any individual collection did. Your holdings have their own cost basis, condition and grades.
