Q & A Tuesday: Week 3
This will be a weekly thread meant for discussion about anything and everything related to the FUT market. Pose your questions about player prices, investing and trading strategies, or upcoming events. I will answer questions as quickly as I can, but if you can respond before I do, feel free to hop in the conversation!
IF Trading?
How does it work? When and how does an IF rise and drop in price.
Inform/TOTW cards are only in packs for a week. This makes them rare in supply. The rule of thumb for how their prices work is they are most expensive on Wednesdays when they are released. Then, they decrease in price until Sunday as people sell their WL teams and open squad battle rewards. From there, they increase in price as time goes on. Take a look at some TOTW2 price graphs as an example. You’ll notice they all follow this pattern.
The catch here is this “rule of thumb” only applies as long as that IF remains the highest rated card for that player on the market i.e. until he gets another special card. If Aubameyeng has a hat trick this weekend, you will see people begin to panic sell his TOTW2 card in fear that he will get another IF. His 1IF would no longer be the most valuable Aubameyeng on the market, and his price will decrease as a result.
How long would you say it would take to trade from 500k to 1million… and what are the best strategies?
A month or less, depending on how lucky you get with your investments.
I would recommend OTW, IF, and POTM strategies. In this post I give some specific player investments using those techniques for this week. They have all went up considerably already. I will continue to post those every Sunday night, so you can use that if you are looking for some guidance on who to buy and why.
Love the site, one suggestion/comment: can you make an extra tab over by the ‘recent comments’ that only shows YOUR most recent comments? would make things a lot easier
I couldn’t do only my comments, but I did increase the recent comments section from 5 to 10. Hope that helps.
Hello, and thanks for the previous trading tips, they helped me a lot!
I bought Salah OTW for 320k, he is on 390k now. Should i sell him before the totw announcement or after? If after when?
You can take the guaranteed profit and sell tonight, or risk it by selling after. Personally, I think he is a shoe in for a TOTW, but I think I would still take the money and run.
I will say that OTW Yarmolenko was not nearly as profitable following the TOTW announcement as most people expected. You had a lot of investors selling and undercutting each other. Be cautious of the same happening with Salah.
What do you think about the november market crash? Im thinking about buying some expensive players in november first half, then waiting for the uprise when blackfriday comes.
I would wait to buy investments until Black Friday rather than early November if you want to get expensive players. The amount of lightning rounds flood the market with cards on that day, and prices often hit their lows over the Thanksgiving weekend. Last year, the market bounced back in the couple weeks after. Here is a graph of the FIFA 17 Index for a visual.
Your favorite current trading method? I’ve been sniping/bidding on gold LF’s and bronze turkish defenders.. any you recommend?
I’ve been really busy lately so I haven’t had as much time to snipe/bid. If I find a successful filter, I’ll be sure to share.
I am in possession of a Sigurdsson OTW card. Do I sell or keep until TOTW is announced?
If last weeks OTW Yarmolenko is any indication, you should sell. His price actually dropped in the hours following the announcement as the market was flooded with investors undercutting. That’s not saying the same will happen with Siggy, but it is possible.
Hi Futchief,
if I am correct, Verratis Max.Bid was raised recently.
Is there any source where you can see/track such raises? And is there any potential for investing?
Cheers
Patrick
Yes, FUTBIN updates price ranges daily. You can check them out there.
Do you have any strategies for investing in price range upgrades?
It’s something I’ve never done before, and I don’t think its a reliable method for investing. I’d look to try some other strategies.
Hi chief,
great website btw, really enjoying it.
could you explain what the bronze pack method is and how it makes money? Is it worth doing right now or are there better methods around? I have around 15k if that matters.
thanks in advance
The new league SBCs for Russia and Liga NOS just dropped yesterday. I would try finding a filter with those leagues and do some sniping. Yesterday, I had some success with Liga Nos – Gold – RM with a max BIN of 1200. You could try the same.