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Is there a way to filter my trade matching so it focuses on a specific set I am trying to finish?

Example:  I have 4000 cards in my overall wantlist, but only 70 from 2014 Topps.  Can I submit a trade match report that only uses the wantlist cards from the 2014 Topps set to match me up with other traders?  Then I could see:

Trader-A has 65 cards from your wantlist of that set to trade. 

Trader-B has 50 cards from your wantlist of that set to trade.    

Then I could click on trader-A or Trader-B and do a trade matching report directly.

Great idea but no. Best you can do is to go on the Collection Summary page for that set and scroll down to where you can click on a link under Reports "Members with cards from this set on their For Sale/Trade list". You can then see who has a lot of cards from this set and trade match with them to find one who has several you need.

The one misleading issue with this method is that if a person has 30 traders listed of the same card in the set, it will show that he has 30 cards listed for trade when he actually only has 1 card from the set for trade. I recently ran into this very issue.

I just check and I only have 4 of your needs

I have 22 of your wants in 2014 and you have sufficient matches for a PWE trade

It’s really hard to match using the trading report. The best option is probably to make a post. Too many members in the report are no longer active or have way too many requirements for a trade. 

Another way is to go to the report    "Match items on your Wantlist with items on other members' For Sale / Trade lists"  

Then go to the set you want.  Run that report and click on "view matches"    At this point you can click on the options for "Last log in 30 days"   Click on the For Sale/Trade and pick from the list of members you see.  You can check all of them and see who has the most for you and the best trade.

Issue with that some members may have a lot for you and you have nothing for them.

Budler, thanks for the reply.

That route, I knew.  But that is going a long way around, digging into one specific card to see who has it, then looking at the individual traders names and then doing it for the next card, and the next card, until I eventually see a trader that has appeared multiple times.  And only then, I can do a trade match with that trader.  Kind of defeating the purpose.  I appreciate the info.

I guess my ask would be to the developers to see if there is a way to select your whole collection of wants or a specific set before running the trade matching report.

We'll see.

T206, thanks for the reply and the offer.  I've already got a large offer in progress.

I wish this was a thing as well.  A way just to run a trade matching report on a single set. 

Or better yet, create a list of multiple sets to match within.