Red Flag, but not negative factors

[Anonymous]

When I look at my fico score, it says there are no negative actions that affect score or something like that (when it shows the see-saw graph).  When I look at my summary however it shows a little red flag by number of accounts (most of which are closed).  Is there something I should be looking for or what other information would you need to determine that.

Thanks.

[Anonymous]

how many are open and what is the total of open and closed accts?

[Anonymous]

That little flag pops up with 30 total acounts and I have no evidence that it means anything-

Even when I went over 30 - no change in FICO,

[Anonymous]

I have a total of 38 accounts.  6 with balances.

[Anonymous]

and I have a total of 8 open accounts

[haulingthescoreup]

Yep, as Timothy said, there's a flag, but there does not appear to be any negative effect actually associated with it.

An early "cool your jets" warning, maybe?

But in fact, as credit has been transformed over the last 10 years or so, I'd say many people with 20 and 30+ years' worth of credit will be seeing this flag.