Coingecko portfolio choices within free tracking limits

Coingecko portfolio supports manual transaction records and wallet monitoring, with separate free allowances for recorded entries and tracked wallets. The free plan lists 500 manual transactions and two tracked wallets, while portfolio lists are unlimited. Manual records suit tracking purchase history and holdings; wallet tracking suits monitoring addresses on supported chains. The mobile app adds synchronized portfolios, price alerts, and widgets. Observation lists suit following assets without recording ownership.

Should I use manual records or wallet tracking?

Manual records suit tracking holdings through recorded purchases, sales, and transfers, while wallet tracking suits monitoring blockchain addresses on supported chains. Transaction history supplies information about acquisitions and disposals. An address view concerns the holdings associated with that address. Purchase details from another location may still matter when interpreting gains or losses.

Manual entry requires maintaining records as activity changes. Wallet tracking depends on chain support and the number of wallets included in the plan. Holdings spread across several wallets can require more tracking capacity, even when they belong to one person. A manual portfolio can organize records without assigning every storage location a separate wallet slot. The free allowances therefore need comparison on their own terms: transaction entries for manual recordkeeping and wallet capacity for address monitoring.

Free transaction and wallet limits

Manual transaction capacity

The free plan lists a limit of 500 manual transactions. Premium lists unlimited manual transactions. The manual transaction limit does not apply to wallet transactions. After a downgrade, an over-limit manual portfolio retains its history for viewing and editing. You cannot add new transactions to it while it is over the free limit. Adding entries again requires reducing its count below 500 or resubscribing to Premium.

Manual records cover buys, sells, and transfers. Recording these events does not execute a trade or move assets. Compare the allowance with the history that you need to maintain. Repeated purchases generate more entries when recorded separately. Transfer records add information about where holdings moved. Retaining trade confirmations and transfer details outside the tracker preserves that history when the available manual capacity no longer suits the task.

Tracked wallet capacity

The free plan includes tracking for two wallets, and Premium lists capacity for 100 wallets. These allowances concern wallet monitoring. The number of assets within a tracked wallet differs from the number of wallets that the plan allows. Several coin holdings do not necessarily imply several storage locations. Conversely, holdings in several wallets can require more tracking slots even when they concern the same coin.

Wallet capacity and chain coverage are separate requirements. A larger allowance expands the number of wallets that the product can track within its supported coverage.

Premium fits a capacity requirement when the relevant feature already supports the tracking task. If a needed network falls outside supported coverage, additional wallet slots alone would not resolve that mismatch. Choose another wallet tracker that supports the network when address monitoring is required.

Lists for holdings and market observation

Observation lists

Observation lists organize assets that you want to follow without requiring you to treat each asset as an owned holding.

The portfolio product supports an unlimited number of lists. Lists can organize assets by chains, categories, exchanges, or another grouping that serves the tracking task. A category-based list keeps a market theme visible. An exchange-based grouping can organize assets relevant to records from that location. These groupings describe relationships within a collection; their unlimited availability does not remove the separate manual transaction allowance.

Holdings records

Holdings records connect owned assets with the history needed to interpret their performance. The product supports monitoring multiple portfolios, so collections can separate tracking purposes. An asset appearing in an observation list and a holdings portfolio does not represent two separate owned balances. Adding the same recorded holding from multiple portfolios into a personal total can count it twice.

Purchase history and the meaning of profit

Quantities and acquisition records

Portfolio profit and loss figures concern the holdings and transaction history recorded in the tracker. Current market prices contribute to the value shown for those holdings. Acquisition records provide the purchase context needed to interpret a gain or loss. A missing purchase or repeated entry can change that interpretation. Compare quantities and dates with retained trade records when a figure looks inconsistent. Preserve executed prices and fees in those underlying records, without assuming that every tracking view captures every cost.

Transfers between addresses

A transfer between addresses that you control changes where an asset sits. The movement alone does not establish a new purchase price. Manual transfer records and wallet monitoring describe that movement from different perspectives. Purchase history concerns how the holding originated, while an address balance concerns its location. Keep those relationships intact when organizing records across wallets. Otherwise, a deposit can appear disconnected from the acquisition that gives it a purchase context.

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Market value and sale proceeds

Displayed market value uses price data, while an actual sale has its own executed price and costs. The market price aggregates eligible trading quotes, which can differ from a specific venue’s quote. Portfolio value therefore describes an estimate based on the displayed data. It does not establish the amount that a sale would deliver. Distance from an all-time high also measures a different relationship: a market price against a past peak, without incorporating personal purchase history.

Price alerts and phone widgets

The mobile app adds price alerts and home-screen widgets to portfolio monitoring, keeping selected assets visible away from the portfolio screen. Alerts suit notifications about asset prices, while widgets display market information on the phone’s home screen. A notification about a selected coin concerns its market price; the profit or loss of a holding also involves its recorded quantity and acquisition history.

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The same portfolios across devices

Portfolios synchronize across desktop and mobile when you sign in to the same account. The mobile app supports creating multiple portfolios and keeping them synchronized. Consistent names and groupings help preserve the purpose of each collection across screens.

News alongside portfolio movements

The mobile app provides crypto news tailored to the portfolio, adding context to observations about the assets that you follow. An event affecting a coin can matter across several collections containing it. Personal trade records answer another question: how the holding originated and changed. A news headline cannot supply the executed price or transfer details from that history. Keep market context alongside those records when interpreting a movement in portfolio value.

Charts add time context when a movement needs closer attention. A short window describes a recent change; a longer window places it within a broader history. Matching comparison periods helps distinguish different price paths across selected assets. Those paths concern market performance, while a portfolio also reflects its own quantities and purchase history.

Shared portfolios and private holdings information

Portfolio sharing and following other portfolios are available features, giving organized asset collections a use beyond personal monitoring. The shared view is a public watchlist, with holdings and profit and loss hidden by default. Set the portfolio to public to obtain a shareable link, and return it to private when you want to stop sharing.

Wallet addresses add context to financial information. Connecting an address with personal quantities or transaction dates can reveal which holdings a record describes. Keep records intended for sharing separate from material that you want to retain privately. A separate list does not itself establish an access restriction.

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12th October 2026 · last updated