Buy Signals, Rebuilt: Real Market Data, Real Reasons — Plus Pro Analysis
Buy signals just leveled up. Every one of the 36,000+ collectibles PokeTrack prices is now scored nightly against its real 30-day market history — no estimates, no guesswork. And with Pro, you don't just see the signal, you see the *why*.
Signals from real market history
Every card with meaningful price history gets a nightly signal — BUY, BOTTOMING, DROPPING, WATCH, HOLD, or STABLE — computed from its actual daily TCGplayer record: current price vs. the 30-day average, week-over-week momentum, and position in the 30-day range. The same signal shows everywhere: card pages, the table view, alerts, and set tiles. Cards that are too cheap or too new for a reliable read say so honestly instead of guessing.
"Why this signal" — the Pro analysis
Pro members see the full reasoning under every signal: exactly how far a card sits below its 30-day average, whether the decline is accelerating or losing steam, and how close it is to its 30-day low. It reads like a note from a friend who watches the market so you don't have to: "$135.08 is 8% below the 30-day average. Last week's decline is easing. Currently 2% off the 30-day low."
Price alerts that estimate arrival
Set a target price on a card you're hunting and Pro alerts now include an estimate of when your target could hit based on the current pace of decline — "your $129.99 alert is 4% below current, roughly 11 days away if last week's pace holds." Signals and analysis appear right on your alerts page, so a triggered alert always explains itself. Update, September 28, 2026: the arrival estimate was removed in the Price Alerts redesign. Pro alerts still show the analysis behind the move.
Opportunity at a glance
Every set tile on your dashboard now shows a live count of active buy signals across all 168 sets — so you can spot which sets have cards in a buying window before you even open them.
A quick note
Signals are decision support built from market data, not financial advice. They tell you what the market is doing and why — the call is always yours.
PokeTrack records every card's TCGplayer price daily and scores it nightly against its real price history. A BUY signal means the card is at least 10% below its 30-day average and has stopped falling this week; a card that is just as far below its average but still dropping shows DROPPING instead. BOTTOMING means the price fell over the past week but is now holding near its 7-day average. Signals describe how a price has behaved. They are not a promise of returns, and a BUY card can still fall further.
BOTTOMING means the card's average price fell this week versus last week, but today's price is holding near its 7-day average, so the slide looks to be slowing. It's a "watch for entry" signal, not an all-clear and not a promise that the price has stopped falling.
No. Pro price alerts used to include an estimate of the days until your target could hit. It was removed in the September 28, 2026 Price Alerts redesign. Alerts now tell you when the price reaches your target, and Pro shows the analysis behind the move.
Signal labels are visible to everyone on your free sets. The full "why this signal" analysis is part of PokeTrack Pro, which unlocks every set for $4.99/month or $48/year.