Is this trade fair?
Add what you give and what you receive, and we price both sides on 8 marketplaces and tell you who comes out ahead.
You give
$25.151 item · instant cashYou receive
$29.721 item · instant cashYou receive $4.57 more
That is 18% of what you give. Priced at instant cash bids, the money you would get if you sold right now.
You gain. You receive $4.57 more.
All three price bases
The same trade at each basis. The verdict above uses the one marked current.
| Price basis | You give | You receive |
|---|---|---|
| Instant cashcurrent Instant cash bids, the money you would get if you sold right now. | $25.15 | $29.72 |
| Lowest ask The lowest ask across the markets we track, roughly what it costs to buy. | $25.36 | $30.00 |
| Steam The Steam Market lowest listing, paid in wallet funds. | $45.86 | $41.07 |
Trade fairness questions
How do I check whether a CS2 trade is fair?
Price each item by what it sells for, not by its Steam Market price alone: Steam prices run above marketplace prices and ignore float, pattern and stickers. This page prices both sides on one basis at a time (instant cash bids, the lowest ask across eight markets, or the Steam lowest listing) and shows who comes out ahead and by how many dollars.
What do You gain, You lose and Even mean?
The gap is measured against the smaller side. Within 5% either way the trade is Even. Beyond that, You gain means what you receive is worth more than what you give on the chosen price basis, and You lose means the opposite. The default basis is instant cash when every item has a bid, otherwise the lowest ask.
Why can I not sell what I receive straight away?
Everything that arrives in a Steam trade is Trade Protected for 7 days: it can be used in game but not sold, traded or put in a contract. During that week the sender can reverse the trade, which costs them a 30-day trade and market ban but still returns the items.
Which trade scams are most common?
A lookalike swapped in at the last second (different wear, no StatTrak or Souvenir tag, other stickers); payment outside Steam, which a reversal leaves unrefunded; "trade checker" or fake escrow sites that ask for your API key or an item; and impersonators claiming they can reverse your trade. Read the exact items in the Steam confirmation and confirm only in the Steam mobile app.
Does the price include float, patterns and stickers?
No. Prices are for the item type and wear. Low floats, rare paint seeds, Doppler phases and valuable stickers can sell above the listing price, so price those with a float or sticker tool before agreeing.

