Ditto 053/078 · Pokemon GO

Beating the market, or just riding it?

Moving with the market

Over the last 2 months this card fell 4.8%, while the typical card we track rose 4.6%: it finished 9.0% behind the market, inside the 10% either way we count as moving with it. Its price has mostly been riding the market.

Describes the last 2 months, not what happens next. Not investment advice.

Is this card interesting right now?

Ordinary - 38 out of 100

It ranks above 38% of the cards we track. The score describes the conditions around the card today - how sellers are pricing it, how it is trending, how steadily it trades. Its weights were tuned on how cards moved over the following 60 days, so a high score is a tendency across many cards, not a forecast for this one - and it says nothing about whether you will enjoy owning the card.

Why is it interesting?

Softer than most over 2 months and below its 12-month high

It edged ahead of the market over two months, but by less than most cards did. It is below its best price of the past year; the distance from that high is shown in the price figures.

Is it becoming more popular?

Mixed

Compared with the Pokemon market as a whole, so a rising tide does not count as popularity. In this market these trends have tended to keep going rather than reverse.

Is it expensive or cheap?

$5.34 - expensive for its set

At $5.34 it is expensive for its set - number 19 of 148 by price. It costs more than 44% of other Holo Rare cards we track. It is 22% below its 12-month high. Worth knowing: in this market cards near their highs have gone on to do better than deeply discounted ones, so a big discount is not automatically a bargain.

What makes this card unusual?

An ordinary Holo Rare from a 4-year-old set

Holo Rare is a widely printed rarity - 3,435 tracked cards share it. This is the Holofoil printing, which is priced as a completely separate market from the other printings of the same artwork.

Could you actually buy or sell it?

Easily - it trades often

The price changed in 87% of our checks over the past year across 365 observations. TCGplayer's market price only updates when a copy sells, so a low figure means the price shown may be stale and any trend reading is built on very few real sales.

How does the grading fee compare?

Fee exceeds raw price

A roughly $22.00 grading fee is 412% of the $5.34 raw price. Raw price plus fee comes to about $27.34, before shipping, insurance or selling costs. That is a cost comparison, not an estimate of a graded copy's value. We track raw ungraded prices only - no graded sales and no population data. We cannot assess this copy's condition or tell you what a PSA 10 is worth. Check condition and comparable graded sales before deciding whether grading would pay off.