UltraBall Research
UltraBall Market Index
The 100 most traded Pokémon cards by dollar volume, ungraded and PSA 10. One number for where Pokémon card prices are, worked out every day from what the cards sell for and weighted by the money that changes hands. Aug 1, 2026 = 100.
Updated Oct 12, 2026 · Aug 1, 2026 = 100 · Daily
- UltraBall 100 level
- 96.5
- -3.5% since Aug 1, 2026
- 1 day
- down −0.3%
- 7 days
- down −1.3%
- 30 days
- down −4.0%
- 90 days
- –
- Needs 91 daily readings
- From its high
- down −4.5%
- High 101.0 on Aug 25, 2026
▼ -3.5% Aug 1, 2026 to Oct 12, 2026
Daily readings from Aug 1, 2026. The published level is a 7-day average of the chained level, so it trails the market by a few days. The monthly Vintage 100 and Modern 100 run from January 2022 on another basis and are not joined to this line.
Through Oct 12, 2026
Every UltraBall index
Picked Oct 1, 2026
| Index | Last 30 readings | Level | 1 day | 7 days | 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UltraBall 100100 cards | 96.5 | down −0.3% | down −1.3% | down −4.0% | |
| Vintage50 cards | 102.9 | down −0.1% | down −0.8% | up +1.0% | |
| Modern50 cards | 89.6 | down −0.5% | down −2.3% | down −7.1% | |
| PSA 10100 cards | 98.0 | down −0.2% | down −0.8% | down −3.0% | |
| Raw100 cards | 94.1 | down −0.3% | down −2.0% | down −4.3% | |
| Charizard50 cards | 94.7 | down −0.2% | down −1.0% | down −2.8% | |
| Pikachu50 cards | 93.5 | down −0.3% | down −1.3% | down −5.3% | |
| Eeveelutions50 cards | 99.2 | down −0.2% | down −0.9% | down −1.6% | |
| Sword & Shield50 cards | 94.6 | down −0.3% | down −1.0% | down −4.4% | |
| Scarlet & Violet50 cards | 91.2 | down −0.5% | down −2.1% | down −6.7% |
Each row links to the index’s own page with its full constituent list. A family with fewer than 20 eligible cards on a pick day is not published.
Heaviest first
What’s in the UltraBall 100
How this is worked out
A constituent is a copy: a card at one grade, ungraded or PSA 10. To be eligible on a pick day a copy needs at least 8 sales in the last 90 days, a price of $20 or more, and a published price within 2× of its own 90-day sold median. Constituents are ranked by dollar volume (price × 90-day sales) and re-picked on the first of each month; a card counts from the day it joins, never for a rise that has already happened.
Weights are the square root of dollar volume, capped at 5% per copy. A day’s move is the weighted mean of the constituents read that day, each clipped at ±15%; a reading that sat flat for ten days and then stepped is a carried-over figure and is left out. Nights when the pricing method changed are restated so they carry no move. The level is chain-linked from 100 on Aug 1, 2026 and published as a 7-day average.
English cards, public sales, ordinary printings only. Not a product, a forecast or advice. The full method, with every constant, is on the methodology page; the index version is ub-index-4.