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This is not buying or investment advice. I’m simply reporting the data I’m seeing. Please do your own research and make your own decisions. Just because cards have increased in value up to this point, it doesn’t mean they will continue to do so.
If you look at my purchases and profit tracker, you’ll spot an obvious theme. The biggest flips are mostly retired players, and the biggest losses are current or active players.
Said differently, when I stay in my lane, I reach my destination. When I veer (or try to drive too fast), things don’t work out as intended.
There’s another element, too.
Sure, one big reason for my flip successes have to do with my lane/depth of knowledge around the 90s to the 00s, but another piece is that flipping active players usually requires more speculation.
Plus, there is more competition for modern stars, at least in the sense that most new collectors over the last few years are zeroed in on the big names of today’s games, and not so much of yesterday’s heroes (View my giant list of sneaky valuable cards here.)
Last, you might also say that flipping active players requires more of an upfront cost. I mean, you can see when I sort by buy price, these nine most expensive flip attempts are all active players.
Of course, this could all be self-fulfilling. If I was really skilled and locked in on active player flips, the table trends would probably reflect that
So with all of this in mind, here are my points, followed by real examples of how I put all of this into action for profit.
