Trading
How trades, buy orders, listings and trade reversals work.
TradingCS2 trade up calculator: how to work out odds and floats by hand
A CS2 trade up calculator does two sums you can check yourself: each result's odds by collection and its output float. The rules, with three worked trade-ups.
TradingSteam trade offer errors in CS2: what the codes mean and what to check
What Steam trade offer errors like 15, 16, 25 and 26 mean for CS2 items, the rules that block an offer before any code appears, and what to check before you try again.
TradingHow to transfer CS2 skins to another account: trades, limits and bans
How to transfer CS2 skins to another account of your own by trade offer, what can't move, the 7-day rules and when Steam can treat your accounts as one.
TradingSteam trade history, inventory and Market history: what each CS2 record shows
How to check your Steam Trade History, Offer History, Inventory History and Market history, and what each shows after a failed CS2 offer or a hijack.
TradingUntradable CS2 items: permanent blocks, 7-day locks and account limits
Untradable CS2 items explained: items that can never be traded, the 7-day trade lock on purchases and trades, account restrictions and how to tell them apart.
TradingSteam trade protection in CS2: how the 7-day reversal window works
Steam trade protection covers CS2 items you get in a trade for seven days, and the trade can be reversed. What trade protected items can't do and how reversals work.
TradingSteam buy orders vs listings: how CS2 order books and spreads work
Steam buy orders are standing bids and listings are asking prices. How the order book works, whose order Steam fills first, and what the bid-ask spread costs you.
TradingInstant sell vs listing CS2 skins: trading price for speed
Selling CS2 skins instantly pays now at a discount, while listing gets closer to full price if you can wait. How to choose item by item, and what each route costs.
TradingCS2 trading terms: a glossary of the words skin traders use
A glossary of CS2 trading terms with plain definitions, from float and pattern to spread, overpay, trade-ups, terminals and trade protection.
TradingCS2 trade reversal on Steam: what happens to items and money
A CS2 trade reversal on Steam sends items back, but money paid outside Steam stays put. What happens to each side, on marketplaces too, and how to protect yourself.
TradingHow to check a Steam profile before a CS2 trade: age, level and bans
How to check a Steam profile before you trade and spot a scammer: SteamID, account age, level, bans, comments and name history, and which signals are easy to fake.
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