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Introduction to TradeScreen

What is TradeScreen, how to access, read and understand how it helps your diamond business

Written by Philippa Corrick

What is TradeScreen?

Rapaport Trade TradeScreen is a grid displaying the best and average real-time market prices for specific categories of diamonds offered on Rapaport Trade.

The prices you see are actual asking prices by sellers for specific diamonds. These prices are not based on opinion and can change on a minute-by-minute basis as diamonds are bought, sold, removed, or added to Rapaport Trade.


Benefits of Using TradeScreen

  • Rapaport Trade TradeScreen is very useful for price discovery and market research because it gives you detailed information regarding discounts and premiums to the benchmark Rapaport Price List

  • Use TradeScreen to help you buy and sell diamonds at competitive prices

  • During a trade negotiation, check the TradeScreen to make sure the price you've been quoted is competitive


Understand TradeScreen

Click here for a list of Rap Specs.


Read & Understand TradeScreen

This grid displays the Best and Average data for diamonds in each shape, size, color, and clarity category. The example below shows Rounds, 1.00 – 1.49ct, RapSpec A1-A3, with each cell listing the Best price/ct, Average price/ct, and the discount to the Rapaport Price List.

Rapaport Trade TradeScreen grid showing best and average asking prices by color and clarity
  • The top row of each cell is the Best Rapaport Trade asking price per carat, and the % discount to the Rapaport Price List

  • The middle row is the Average Rapaport Trade asking price per carat, and the % discount to the Rapaport Price List

  • The bottom row is the total dollar value and number of diamonds in that category


More Diamond Pricing Tools

Visit the Rapaport Trade Diamond Pricing Tools page to learn more ways to make diamond pricing easier for you and your customers.


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