Starter Guide
Steam account setup before trading CS2 skins
A practical pre-flight checklist for Steam Guard, public inventory settings, trade URLs and common account restrictions.
Steam Guard
Steam trade URL
CS2 skin trading
Blog
CS2 skin market playbooks
Evergreen guides for traders comparing Chinese liquidity with global exit routes. Built for SEO, onboarding and better execution discipline.
SEO topics
BUFFWaxpeerSteam limitsFeesLiquidityRisk
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Market Guide
BUFF guide: price, volume and fee signals
How to read BUFF listings for CS2 skin arbitrage, with focus on executable buy prices, volume fields and sell-side fees.
BUFF guide
BUFF CS2 skins
BUFF fees
Market Guide
Waxpeer guide: USD prices, CNY conversion and fees
How FloatVia normalizes Waxpeer USD quotes, converts them to CNY and applies sell-side fee assumptions.
Waxpeer guide
Waxpeer fees
USD CNY conversion
Profit Logic
Why each sell platform needs its own profit calculation
The same CS2 item can have different net profit on BUFF, YouPin, Waxpeer and ShadowPay because fees and liquidity differ.
CS2 skin arbitrage
sell platform profit
ShadowPay fees
Risk Control
Steam trade restrictions that can break a CS2 skin route
Common Steam account limits, market restrictions and cooldowns that should be checked before acting on a pricing spread.
Steam trade restrictions
Steam market cooldown
CS2 trade hold
Profit Logic
CS2 skin fee calculation: gross price, net price and real profit
A simple formula for comparing buy price, sell price, platform fee, FX assumptions and extra costs.
CS2 skin fees
arbitrage formula
net profit
Risk Control
How liquidity filters remove non-executable CS2 skin deals
Why volume, freshness, platform coverage and abnormal margins matter as much as headline profit.
CS2 skin volume
liquidity score
arbitrage risk
Risk Control
CS2 skin arbitrage risks: prices, accounts and platform rules
FloatVia provides data analysis, not guaranteed returns. Understand the operational risks before trading.
CS2 arbitrage risk
no guaranteed profit
CS2 skin trading risk