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Best CS2 Pistol Skins to Buy — Trend and Liquidity

A rising price only helps if you can sell again. Every item here is rated on both: where the price has gone over the last week and month, and whether the item actually trades. Momentum sets the rating — liquidity can only pull it down.

574Items ranked

4Prime entries

1,200Candidate pool

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Best to buyRising, and liquid enough to exit Worst to buyFalling, and hard to get back out of

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Showing 50 of 574 ranked items, re-sorted within the 1,200-item candidate pool.

#	Item	Verdict	7d	30d	Liquidity	Sell in	Price
351	Glock-18 \| IronworkSVFactory New	Weak entry30medium confidencerarely trades — hard to exit	0%	—	Rarely Traded	No flow	$450
352	Glock-18 \| Mirror MosaicSVMinimal Wear	Weak entry30medium confidencerarely trades — hard to exit	0%	—	Rarely Traded	No flow	$399
353	Glock-18 \| Ocean TopoSVWell-Worn	Weak entry30medium confidencerarely trades — hard to exit	0%	—	Rarely Traded	~1 month	$977
354	Glock-18 \| Sand DuneSVMinimal Wear	Weak entry30medium confidencerarely trades — hard to exit	0%	—	Rarely Traded	~3 months	$104
355	Glock-18 \| ShinobuSVMinimal Wear	Weak entry30medium confidencerarely trades — hard to exit	0%	—	Rarely Traded	No flow	$482
356	Glock-18 \| Twilight GalaxySVFactory New	Weak entry30medium confidencerarely trades — hard to exit	0%	—	Rarely Traded	No flow	$1,800
357	Glock-18 \| Umbral RabbitSVFactory New	Weak entry30medium confidencerarely trades — hard to exit	0%	—	Rarely Traded	No flow	$229
358	Glock-18 \| VogueSVMinimal Wear	Weak entry30medium confidencerarely trades — hard to exit	0%	—	Rarely Traded	No flow	$330
359	Glock-18 \| WraithsSVField-Tested	Weak entry30medium confidencerarely trades — hard to exit	0%	—	Rarely Traded	No flow	$84
360	P2000 \| Coach ClassSVBattle-Scarred	Weak entry30medium confidencerarely trades — hard to exit	0%	—	Rarely Traded	No flow	$68
361	P2000 \| Lifted SpiritsSVFactory New	Weak entry30medium confidencerarely trades — hard to exit	0%	—	Rarely Traded	No flow	$29
362	P2000 \| TurfSVFactory New	Weak entry30medium confidencerarely trades — hard to exit	0%	—	Rarely Traded	No flow	$230
363	P250 \| Dark FiligreeSVFactory New	Weak entry30medium confidencerarely trades — hard to exit	0%	—	Rarely Traded	~3 weeks	$250
364	P250 \| KintsugiSVFactory New	Weak entry30medium confidencerarely trades — hard to exit	0%	—	Rarely Traded	No flow	$200
365	P250 \| Lotus ImprintSVMinimal Wear	Weak entry30medium confidencerarely trades — hard to exit	0%	—	Rarely Traded	No flow	$1,350
366	P250 \| Small GameSVFactory New	Weak entry30medium confidencerarely trades — hard to exit	0%	—	Rarely Traded	~1 month	$37
367	R8 Revolver \| LeafhopperSVFactory New	Weak entry30medium confidencerarely trades — hard to exit	0%	—	Rarely Traded	~4 months	$30
368	R8 Revolver \| Mauve AsideSVBattle-Scarred	Weak entry30medium confidencerarely trades — hard to exit	0%	—	Rarely Traded	No flow	$40
369	R8 Revolver \| Phoenix MarkerSVMinimal Wear	Weak entry30medium confidencerarely trades — hard to exit	0%	—	Rarely Traded	No flow	$75
370	R8 Revolver \| TangoSVBattle-Scarred	Weak entry30medium confidencerarely trades — hard to exit	0%	—	Rarely Traded	No flow	$335
371	Tec-9 \| Banana LeafSVBattle-Scarred	Weak entry30medium confidencerarely trades — hard to exit	0%	—	Rarely Traded	No flow	$51
372	Tec-9 \| Fuel InjectorSVField-Tested	Weak entry30medium confidencerarely trades — hard to exit	0%	—	Rarely Traded	~1 month	$1,131
373	Tec-9 \| Ice CapSVFactory New	Weak entry30medium confidencerarely trades — hard to exit	0%	—	Rarely Traded	~2 months	$51
374	Tec-9 \| Raw CeramicSVField-Tested	Weak entry30medium confidencerarely trades — hard to exit	0%	—	Rarely Traded	~1 month	$15
375	Tec-9 \| Re-EntrySVFactory New	Weak entry30medium confidencerarely trades — hard to exit	0%	—	Rarely Traded	No flow	$222
376	Tec-9 \| SlagSVField-Tested	Weak entry30medium confidencerarely trades — hard to exit	0%	—	Rarely Traded	No flow	$29
377	Tec-9 \| TornadoSVFactory New	Weak entry30medium confidencerarely trades — hard to exit	0%	—	Rarely Traded	No flow	$230
378	USP-S \| Black LotusSVFactory New	Weak entry30medium confidencerarely trades — hard to exit	0%	—	Rarely Traded	No flow	$922
379	USP-S \| Bleeding EdgeSVMinimal Wear	Weak entry30medium confidencerarely trades — hard to exit	0%	—	Rarely Traded	No flow	$85
380	USP-S \| CyrexSVFactory New	Weak entry30medium confidencerarely trades — hard to exit	0%	—	Rarely Traded	No flow	$1,199
381	USP-S \| JawbreakerSVBattle-Scarred	Weak entry30medium confidencerarely trades — hard to exit	0%	—	Rarely Traded	No flow	$764
382	USP-S \| JawbreakerSVFactory New	Weak entry30medium confidencerarely trades — hard to exit	0%	—	Rarely Traded	No flow	$334
383	USP-S \| Kill ConfirmedSVFactory New	Weak entry30medium confidencerarely trades — hard to exit	0%	—	Rarely Traded	No flow	$890
384	USP-S \| Kill ConfirmedSVWell-Worn	Weak entry30medium confidencerarely trades — hard to exit	0%	—	Rarely Traded	~1 month	$213
385	USP-S \| OrionSVFactory New	Weak entry30medium confidencerarely trades — hard to exit	0%	—	Rarely Traded	No flow	$658
386	USP-S \| OrionSVMinimal Wear	Weak entry30medium confidencerarely trades — hard to exit	0%	—	Rarely Traded	No flow	$154
387	Desert Eagle \| Sunset Storm 弐Well-Worn	Weak entry30medium confidencerarely trades — hard to exit	0%	—	Rarely Traded	No flow	$916
388	Desert Eagle \| Sunset Storm 壱Well-Worn	Weak entry30medium confidencerarely trades — hard to exit	0%	—	Rarely Traded	No flow	$881
389	USP-S \| SerumSVFactory New	Weak entry30medium confidencerarely trades — hard to exit	0%	—	Rarely Traded	No flow	$400
390	USP-S \| Silent ShotSVBattle-Scarred	Weak entry30medium confidencerarely trades — hard to exit	0%	—	Rarely Traded	No flow	$177
391	USP-S \| The TraitorSVMinimal Wear	Weak entry30medium confidencerarely trades — hard to exit	0%	—	Rarely Traded	No flow	$683
392	Glock-18 \| Fully TunedMinimal Wear	Weak entry30	▲ +0.9%	▼ -14.7%	Active Demand	Unrated	$100
393	Dual Berettas \| HeistWell-Worn	Weak entry29rarely trades — hard to exit	▲ +5.6%	▲ +40.5%	Rarely Traded	Unrated	$12
394	Desert Eagle \| Mint FanSVFactory New	Weak entry29medium confidenceno 30-day history to confirm the move · rarely trades — hard to exit	▲ +19.2%	—	Rarely Traded	~2 months	$83
395	CZ75-Auto \| Tread PlateSTFactory New	Weak entry29rarely trades — hard to exit	▲ +22.1%	▲ +14.2%	Rarely Traded	~2 months	$11
396	P250 \| Nuclear ThreatSVMinimal Wear	Weak entry29medium confidencerarely trades — hard to exit	▼ -3.7%	▲ +52.7%	Rarely Traded	~7 months	$390
397	USP-S \| Forest LeavesSVMinimal Wear	Weak entry29rarely trades — hard to exit	▲ +13.7%	▼ -6.8%	Rarely Traded	~1 month	$11
398	P2000 \| Amber FadeSVMinimal Wear	Weak entry29rarely trades — hard to exit	▲ +4.5%	▲ +6.8%	Rarely Traded	~4 months	$23
399	USP-S \| Road RashFactory New	Weak entry29rarely trades — hard to exit	▲ +5.6%	▲ +4.8%	Rarely Traded	~2 months	$169
400	USP-S \| CortexSTWell-Worn	Weak entry29	▼ -5.5%	▼ -5.6%	Moderate Demand	Unrated	$6.59

How these ratings are reached

Momentum sets the rating

The 7-day change in the SteamAnalyst reference price at 60%, plus the 30-day change at 40%. Signed, so a week that contradicts its month damps itself instead of both being reported as good news. Above 8% blended is the top band; below -8% is the bottom one.

Liquidity can only pull it down

Measured from units actually traded over 30 days, not from price or popularity. Thin trading caps how well an item can rate however hard it is climbing, because you cannot realise a gain you cannot exit. Nothing about being easy to sell ever raises a rating — that would make this a volume ranking wearing a buy label.

Falling and illiquid is worse than either

On the way down the rule inverts. A falling price in a deep market is a bad entry you can still walk away from; a falling price with nobody trading is a trap, and it rates below the thing you can leave. The two sides are not mirror images and are not calculated as if they were.

What we leave out

Items with fewer than 20 recorded prices in the window, feeds that have not updated in 7 days, items without the 10 trading days needed to rate liquidity, and anything under $5 where a one-cent tick is a percentage point. Each is us declining to guess, not a judgement on the item.

Band boundaries are currently reasoned rather than fitted to the live distribution — they are an informed judgement about how this market moves, not a measurement of it. See the liquidity board for the trade-flow half on its own, or price trends for the price half.

Measurements, not advice. Nothing here predicts the future, and no indicator anticipates a game update, a tournament or a Steam sale. Never spend more than you can afford to lose.

Frequently asked questions

How do you decide which CS2 skins are best to buy?

Two readings, and neither is allowed to speak alone. The first is momentum: how the SteamAnalyst reference price has moved over the last 7 days, weighted against the last 30 so a one-week jump has to be confirmed by the month before it counts. The second is liquidity: whether the item actually trades, measured from real units changing hands over 30 days. Momentum sets the rating and liquidity can only pull it down — because a skin climbing 20% a week is worth nothing to you if there is no way to sell it again.

Why can an item rising fast still rate badly?

Because you have to be able to get back out. A rising price in a market where almost nothing trades is a number on a screen, not money — you would be buying into something with no buyers behind it. Thin trading caps how well an item can rate no matter how hard it is climbing, and an item that rarely trades at all cannot rate above "Weak entry".

What makes an item one of the worst to buy?

A falling price plus a market you cannot leave. Those two are worse together than either is alone: a falling price in a deep market is just a bad entry, since you can still sell. A falling price with nobody trading is a trap. So on the "worst to buy" list, thin trading pushes an item further down rather than merely capping it — the reverse of how it works on the buy side.

What is momentum and how is it calculated?

The 7-day price change weighted at 60%, plus the 30-day change at 40%. Signed, so the two argue with each other: a week up 10% inside a month down 10% blends to about +2% and lands in Neutral, which is the honest reading of a bounce inside a decline. An item needs roughly 8% blended momentum for the top band and 3% for the second.

Why does a big one-day jump not put an item at the top?

Because a week carried by its last day is a spike, not a trend — and it is the thing a momentum ranking gets wrong most often, sorting yesterday's jump to the top on the morning it is least likely to continue. When more than 50% of the week's move happened in the final day, the item cannot claim the top band and the row says so.

Where do the price changes come from?

The SteamAnalyst reference price — the same aggregate price shown in the price column here and on every skin page. That is deliberate: the percentage this page ranks on is the percentage the price beside it actually moved, and clicking through to the skin shows the same number. Three surfaces, one measurement.

Why is my skin missing from this list?

One of four reasons, and each is us declining to guess rather than a judgement on the item. We hold fewer than 20 recorded prices for it in the window; its price or trade data has not updated in over 7 days; we have not recorded the 10 trading days needed to rate its liquidity at all; or it is under $5, where a one-cent tick is a whole percentage point and the ranking would be measuring rounding rather than the market.

Is this financial advice?

No. It is a measurement of two things — where a price has been, and how readily the item trades — presented so you can see both and disagree with the conclusion. Neither predicts the future. Game updates, tournament demand and Steam sales all move this market in ways no indicator anticipates. Never spend more than you can afford to lose.