FIFA, the world’s most played football game, welcomes millions of players this year with its FIFA 23 Ultimate Team mode once again. The way to be successful in this mode is not only to learn the game mechanics well, but also to build a quality squad. Although there are different methods to have a better squad than other players, the most useful for players who don’t want to invest extra money in the game is trading on the in-game market where millions of players are active at the same time.
For players who have been involved with Ultimate Team for years, the concept of “transfer market trading” is quite familiar. For those who don’t know, in a nutshell, it means increasing the coins you have by buying and selling cards using the market. EA Sports, which wants to increase in-game package purchases, tries to make trading more and more difficult every year. Especially in FIFA 23, when the in-game market became common for XBOX and PlayStation players for the first time and EA’s unexpected promotions caused the market to be unbalanced. Even so, there are some tactics to help you build the squad you want.
OTW Trading
OTW cards are one of the rare cards in Ultimate Team that remain active throughout the year and don’t lose much value. However, they are also a very useful material for trading if you know how and when to use them. These cards, which receive rating upgrades according to the matches won by the team they belong to in real life, gain and lose value in the market in a very dynamic way. The only thing you need to do to earn coins from this situation is to buy this card on a date when the player’s next match is far away and resell it when the price rises closer to the match time. In the image below, you can see how much the OTW Darwin Núñez card has appreciated in just two days.
Fodder Investment
If you’re looking for longer-term investments rather than short-term moves, then fodder cards might be for you. Fodder cards can be defined as the high-rated cards needed to complete Squad Battle Challenges (SBC) in FIFA 23 Ultimate Team. While these cards don’t have the required stats to be in a squad, their high rating plays a critical role in completing these challenges.
In the period when EA did not add quality SBCs for quite some time, the prices of fodder cards dropped significantly. At this time, you can get a significant amount of coins by buying different players with a rating of 84 and above from the market and selling them when a quality SBC arrives and their prices rise. You can track whether the prices of these cards are rising or falling on sites like futbin.
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Unstable Cards
Another way to trade is to trade with cards whose prices change constantly throughout the day. This requires more time and timing than the other tactics mentioned above, but if done correctly, it can earn you significant amounts in a very short time. The main reason why these cards are so volatile is that their base price is very low and they are used in many different SBCs.
Emiliano Buendía is one of them. This card sees an increase of 800 coins during the day, and the next day it goes back down to its original price as if nothing had happened. In order to minimize the risk of this method, it is necessary to buy such cards as cheaply as possible after they go down, not when they are on the rise. There are many non-rare Gold cards like this in the game.
Promotion Cards
One of the biggest things that keeps Ultimate Team alive is the promotional cards. EA adds different versions of gold cards with different names into the game for a limited time and these cards can only be removed from the packs during this time. If there’s one thing that hasn’t changed in FIFA, it’s that you can earn coins by using any material in the packs during the limited time.
Unless something unusual happens, new promotional cards enter the market at the highest price on the first day they are active and gradually drop in price until the last day they are removed from the pack. You can make a good income by buying some useful cards 2 days before these special cards leave the packs and selling them when their prices rise after the promotion ends.
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