Send a card to PSA and find out what grade it gets — the grade is rolled from that card's real PSA population where enough copies have been graded to mean something, or a generic grade distribution otherwise. Pay the raw price plus the grading fee (priced the same way PSA prices it — off the graded value, not the raw one), then see if the slab was worth it. Chase those PSA 10s.
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How the simulator works
Pick a card and the simulator rolls a grade against its real PSA population report — the same distribution of 10s, 9s, 8s and lower that card's actual submitters have received. A card with a thin population (fewer than 10 graded copies on record) doesn't have enough of a sample to roll against honestly, so those fall back to a generic grade curve instead, and the result says which one applied. Whatever it rolls, the payout uses that grade's real market price where CardTrack tracks one — and PSA's own published grading fee for the value the slab would carry, which is why the fee you see before submitting matches the fee in the result: both price off the same PSA 10 value, not the raw card.
Grading simulator — FAQ
How does the simulator decide the grade?
It rolls against that card's own real PSA population report — if a card comes back a 10 40% of the time, a simulated submission hits a 10 about 40% of the time too. When fewer than 10 copies of a card have been graded, there isn't enough of a population to roll against, so the simulator falls back to a generic grade distribution instead and says so on the result.
Why does the fee shown before I submit match the fee after?
PSA prices by the value of the resulting slab, not the raw card — so both the pre-submission estimate and the after-grading result use the card's PSA 10 value as the fee basis (or its raw price, for a card with no tracked PSA 10). Quoting the raw price up front and the PSA 10 value afterward would show two different numbers for the same card.
What does "estimated value" mean on the result?
Most cards have a real, tracked PSA 10 market price. For the few that don't, the simulator estimates one at three times the raw price so the tool still has a number to work with — the result panel says so explicitly whenever that estimate, rather than a real price, set the payout.
Is this a real PSA submission?
No. Nothing here is sent to PSA — it's a free simulation for fun, using CardTrack's own price and population data to show realistic odds and payouts. To actually submit a card, see the grading cost guide for fees by tier and the ROI calculator for the full odds-weighted math.