Trade Finder FAQ

This is an FAQ resource for the Dynasty Trade Finder.

What is the Dynasty Trade Finder?

The Trade Finder is a tool developed by the DLF team to search out and list actual trades that have taken place in real-world dynasty leagues on MyFantasyLeague. This tool is intended as a complement to Dynasty Player Rankings and ADP Data as a means to better evaluate player value and help understand real-world trade value. These trades are also used in the algorithm for player value in our Dynasty Trade Analyzer.

How does it work?

The tool collects data from the developer API offered by MyFantasyLeague.

Why does it only pull data from MyFantasyLeague?

Because only MFL provides an open API for collecting this data. If we could pull it from other sites like Yahoo, ESPN, or whatnot, we would. But we can’t. So we don’t. Btw… MFL rocks.

How often is this updated?

The Trade Finder runs nightly, provided there were trades that occurred.

Why is my league showing up? I didn’t approve that!

Because it’s in MFL and we found it through some clever search strings, usually involving the word “Dynasty.” Hey, it’s an open resource. Anyone can find it, not just us. We don’t have a mechanism for excluding leagues just yet, so hopefully it’s just not that big of a deal. Just think about how you are, in your own small way, making the world a better place.

Why is my league NOT showing up?

If your league hasn’t been found in a search yet, or it was but was not included for a variety of reasons, including the fact that it’s not a dynasty league or does not show any trade activity. We may add an option for folks to add their leagues soon. We’ll see how it goes.

What does ‘additional unknown asset’ mean in the trade results?

That usually indicates a player who is not in our database, like a devy player, or some other non-standard resource like a Maserati or a half-eaten ham sandwich.