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# Market Watch

Track card prices and set alerts

Track card prices and set alerts

## What is Market Watch?

Market Watch is your Pokémon TCG price dashboard. Track cards you're interested in, watch price trends over time, set alerts for price drops or spikes, and see your portfolio's total value at a glance. Prices are sourced from the TCGDex open catalogue.

## What you can do

* **Track cards:** Add any card to your watchlist to follow its price.
* **Price charts:** View price history charts for normal, holo, and reverse holo variants.
* **Set alerts:** Get notified when a card's price crosses your target threshold.
* **Market movers:** See the biggest gainers and losers across the community.
* **Portfolio value:** Your collection's total estimated market value, updated with prices.

## Setting a price alert

1. Open Market Watch and find a tracked card, or add a new one.
2. Click Set Alert.
3. Choose whether you want to be notified when the price rises above or falls below a threshold.
4. Enter your target price.
5. Save. You'll get a notification when the condition is met.

## Market movers

The movers section shows cards with the biggest price changes over the selected period. Use it to spot trends, find buying opportunities, or identify cards that are heating up in the community.

## Portfolio value

Your portfolio value is the sum of your collection's current market prices. It updates when pricing data syncs. Remember, this is an estimate based on TCGDex data, actual resale value depends on condition, variant, and market demand.

## Known limitations

* Price data depends on TCGDex availability, some older or obscure cards may lack pricing.
* Alerts check on a sync cycle, not in real time, so there may be a short delay.

## Open this feature

* [Open Market Watch in SwapPulse](https://swappulse.org/market)
* [View the original help route](https://swappulse.org/help/market-watch)