Trading Techniques - Sniping
Hey Guys,
I think a lot of people have heard about sniping or use it for specific methods, but we may not apply it in the right situations.
Sniping refers to using a set of custom filters to look for cards JUST listed on the market. Ideally, picking them up in the 59th minute. Millions of people are not aware of prices so they list well under the current market value, which we look to buy!
In my opinion, sniping got really popular from Youtube clickbait. I feel the method was amplified by Youtuber's claiming they could make 100K an hour from sniping specific players. Sound familiar?
Anyways, it's an okay method if applied properly, so let's chat about how we can best use it!
Sniping is most often associated with trading. It means you are looking to buy a card directly under its current price and resell instantly to make profit.
You can do this with a specific player or even a group of cards. I personally love to combine this method with chemistry style trading. There are a few chemistry styles that hold HIGH value especially as Fifa begins. Hunter and Shadows can go for 10K+, which means cards that have them applied are worth much more.
In this example, FUT Birthday Correa sells for around 30K on PS4. With Hunter, the lowest listed is 34K or so. I would aim to snipe a Hunter Correa at 30K as people list without knowing the value of Hunter.
As you see, I picked one up for 30.25K and will sell at 34K! This leaves me with 2K profit. I know it doesn't sound like much, but what if you can pick up a handful in 15 minutes? Well you're looking at 10K profit or more!
Next, we can also apply this to a large group of cards to target more "hits". Personally, I found this extremely effective with silvers last year! For League SBC's, some teams have very select options they can use to be completed. This makes players for that team skyrocket in price. There were a few teams this year that had many silvers at 7K+. Dijon and Paderborn became very easy to snipe!
Even late into the year, they're currently holding a value of around 4K. I setup a filter for CM, Dijon at 3500 coins. Some cards I would win could make me 400 coins profit while others may be up to 2K.
As you see, this is 600 coins profit on just a few searches! A great way to build up that lower budget!
There are A TON of filters that are created through Daily SBC's as well! Some we used often in Fifa 20 include -
LB, Premier League
CB, Italian, Serie A
RB, Ligue 1
RM, Germany
LB, Argentina
Sniping in terms of trading often works well when we see supply come in. During Squad Battle Rewards on Sunday night/Monday and Thursday WL Rewards provide prime opportunities!
Sniping can also be associated with investing if you're looking to get the best possible price on investments. For example, if I make a note that says invest in 83 CB's for under 3.5K! You setup you filter and look to pick them up at or under that price to squeeze out a bit more profit.
I personally tend to do this if I am using the club stock method, so just grabbing 1 of each card.
All this being said, sniping is a valuable tool at the right times. At the end of Fifa 20, they added more filters to allow even better sniping customization. We will list filters when applicable and get your sorted on what silvers work great to flip all year!
Much love!
Jake