FIFA 23 - INDEX 100

Index 100

What is the Index 100?

Index Graph SEE IMAGE 1 IN ATTACHMENTS

The above is the Index 100 on Futbin, another useful tool Futbin offers. You can find this under “Market” -> “Index100”. You can switch between the consoles and you can switch to “Live Graph” which shows the past 24h in more detail, “Daily Graph” which shows the daily average of the whole FUT year, and “Hourly Graph” which shows today's graph for each hour.

This Index 100 is known as a tool that helps to understand the current supply and demand balance on the market.

The Index 100 tracks 100 cards between all ratings and versions and aims to give us an idea of the current market. Higher prices = higher graph, lower prices = lower graph

Sadly, some key issues make this whole Index misleading and almost useless for us. This guide is about understanding these issues and learning more about the right use of the Index 100.

Misconceptions of the Index100

https://www.futbin.com/player100/PS4/100

This link shows you the 100 cards included in the Index 100 and this is where the mistakes start.

- It only tracks 100 cards and that can’t give very accurate numbers for the overall market.

- It doesn’t cover some of the important card types in the game.

- It puts multiple market movements into the same calculation.

As an example, I remember an SBC from FIFA 19 which specifically needed one card type, the Index100 won't record that on the graphs at all as they don’t have a single card from that card type on the list. It was the same for many cases like Icon Upgrades when almost every fodder card rose dramatically and a few meta cards dipped. The Index100 would show a price increase because there are more fodder cards included than Meta Cards.

The issues with this go even that far that we have outdated cards in the Index 100, cards that were in the game during the first week of FUT but then moved clubs throughout the year. These cards are still included and show us a wrong image of the market.

How to use it properly?

It's still a great tool but it's important to know the right use!

Index Recommendations - SEE IMAGE 2 IN ATTACHMENTS

As said, the Index100 has some issues and that’s why I don’t recommend it for general use.

The Index Special gets a yellow tick because it usually just covers the IF cards and not any other special cards. It can be helpful if you are looking specifically for IFs and how they reacted to different SBCs.

Index Ones to Watch gets a yellow tick because it usually shows us when the hype for cards starts. Although it gets a bit trickier each year, it's still a decent tool to understand how early the hype for OTW starts.

Index Gold has the same issue as Index100. We will get better Index tools for Gold cards so I don’t recommend using this one.

Index Icons is super useful for Icon Trading and I recommend checking it a few times a day. Especially on Fridays with big panic, it’s a great tool to understand the market.

The Gold Index from 81-86 is also useful. These are the recommended Index tools for the Gold Market. It filters just for that rating and these are the key ratings for the early SBCs until TOTS.

In general, the idea of an Index is very good and can be super helpful, but the way Futbin does it is not perfect. I recommend using it for specific card groups only and just to get a quick overview. If you need a more detailed view of the market then I recommend going for the classic way and analyzing your group of cards one by one.

Summary

- The Index100 is a tool to get a quick idea of the current Supply/Demand Balance.

- Sadly it's not accurate enough to use as our main working tool.

- The other Index options are more accurate and recommended