About the S&Poké 500
The S&Poké 500 is a price-weighted index of the 500 most valuable English, raw (ungraded) Pokémon trading card singles — one number that answers "is the Pokémon card market up or down today?" the way the S&P 500 does for stocks. It is a free, independent, non-commercial fan project: no signup, no ads, no tracking cookies.
How the index works
Prices are TCGplayer Market Prices (sales-derived, Near Mint, raw) captured once a day via the free tcgcsv.com mirror. The basket is recomputed every day: the 500 highest-priced eligible singles are in, everything else is out, and an S&P-style index divisor keeps the level continuous across membership changes — so the index moves only when prices move, never because the basket turned over. The series is rebased to 1,000 on February 8, 2024, the earliest day with archived pricing. Full details, including how obviously broken source prices are filtered and when a card shows no daily change, are in how these prices work.
What's in — and what's out
- In: English-language, raw/ungraded card singles with a TCGplayer market price, priced by their most valuable regular printing.
- Out: sealed product (boxes, ETBs, tins), graded cards, Japanese and other non-English cards, 1st Edition printings (they trade off-TCGplayer, so their market figures there are unreliable), jumbo/oversized cards, staff promos, and error cards.
Different trackers measure different markets — PriceCharting averages eBay solds, eBay search shows asking prices, graded prices are a separate market entirely. This index uses one consistent yardstick across all 500 cards, and every card's detail view links to the same card on TCGplayer, PriceCharting, and eBay so you can compare.
Who runs this
A solo hobby project. The site is a static page on GitHub Pages fed by one scheduled job — no server, no database. Found a bug or a card that looks mispriced? It almost always has an interesting answer — please open an issue on the GitHub repository.
Legal
Not affiliated. This is an independent, non-commercial fan project. It is not affiliated with, sponsored by, endorsed by, or associated with Nintendo, Creatures Inc., GAME FREAK inc., The Pokémon Company, TCGplayer, or S&P Global.
Trademarks & images. Pokémon and all related names, characters, and card artwork are trademarks and copyright of their respective owners (Nintendo / Creatures Inc. / GAME FREAK inc. / The Pokémon Company). Card names and thumbnail images are used here nominatively, solely to identify the cards being priced, and are served via TCGplayer; a toggle in the site header turns card images off entirely. “S&P 500” is a registered trademark of S&P Dow Jones Indices / S&P Global; “S&Poké 500” is an independent parody name and is not connected with S&P Global. If you are a rights holder with a concern, open an issue on the GitHub repository above and it will be addressed promptly.
No financial advice. Prices are third-party market estimates provided “as is,” may be delayed or inaccurate, and are shown for informational and entertainment purposes only — not investment, financial, or purchasing advice. Do your own research before buying or selling anything.
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