Day Trading - How to Make Coins DAILY

Hey Guys, 

I have waited a while to put this post out because I wanted a variety of special cards in the game to make it optimal! 

Day trading can be called quite a few different things including trend trading, fluctuation trading, flipping, but it's all one in the same. This technique is revolved around buying cards on low fluctuations and selling at higher fluctuations that occur each day. 

This technique is amazing because you are not reliant on EA at all to make coins and it's something you can do constantly. How many coins you make can simply be multiplied by time, budget and efficiency. 

Let's start with the basics. Why do cards fluctuate each day? 

Cards cannot stay one price all the time. The market moves based on supply and demand. At different periods, demand may outweigh supply or vice versa. This is best seen and utilized with cards who are OUT OF PACKS (OOP). If an inform has no supply and 10-15 get bought within the hour we should expect the price to slowly be moving up. People are buying the cheap cards pushing up the price. Other times, there are simply a lot less cards listed as there may be less people on the game making the cards more rare. 

These cards move up and down throughout the day. The movement is usually pretty subtle, but it can look upwards of 10% each day. These are the cards we look for in terms of day trading. We're looking for a 10% fluctuation since EA tax is 5% that will leave us with at least 5% profit after tax, which is always the goal! 

With this formula, no matter which cards you buy, you would make around 5-10K on every 100K spent! 

For an example, let's say a card fluctuates between 50-57K each day. Overall, it's not much, but it IS enough to profit. If you buy the card at the low point and sell at the high you would make 4.1K after tax. This is on just one card. 

Let's look at an example! IF Bamba is great to trade with on a low-budget and fluctuates really well. Looking at daily graphs, I can see he fluctuates down to around 22K, but goes as high as 26K. The prices on this card are actually very similar on both consoles. 

Below are his graphs on each console - 

If you buy at 22K and sell at 26K you receive 2.7K after tax. Again, you may not think this sounds like much, but you need to multiply these smaller numbers by 5-10+ cards at a time! For reference, last year when we had more special cards making a few hundred K each day was feasible. 

Next, I wanted to show you another pertinent example right now in IF Chilwell. Chilwell is now one of the cheapest 84 rated informs and fluctuates based on SBC solutions. He moves from 17.5-19.5K on PS and 20-23K on Xbox. Graphs below - 

These SBC fodder informs are amazing to trade right now since there's so many good SBC's out! Again, small profits per card, so we slowly build up the budget and multiplier! 

Now, I want to talk about what other key events/trends to look for when day trading and how it impacts the card. 

1. Substitute/Complimentary Trading 

If a card has a sudden rise or drop it's likely not the best to trade with at that time. This can happen based on new SBC's or objectives. For example, when Alessandrini came out we saw pretty much all RW/RM's take a major hit in price. They all likely hit their "low fluctuation", but the issue is now they retain less value. This would not be a buy in this situation. 

On the other hand, sometimes when a card jumps in price it's important to realize why. When Alessandrini came out you saw Rulebreaker Teixera rise around 30K, which would go well beyond his daily high. This is because a huge amount of people completed Alessandrini and demand>supply. 

You can still trade in these windows, but it's a little bit more advanced and it just takes learning new pricing. It's simply important to note why these huge jumps occur. 

2. Position Changes/Chem Styles 

This one is massive and can add so much value to your trading. Daily fluctuations are based on ANY listings. Let's use Rulebreaker Podence as an example here. 

His daily low is around 71K and his high is around 79K. These listings do no take into account position changes or chemistry styles. If he is position changed to LM it adds value. If he has a Hunter it adds value. If you buy him around the low of 71-72K with a position change or Hunter, you can likely sell him higher at those peak times, too! 

As you get familiar with this concept, you can often have a few different buy prices for each card making finding deals even easier. 

Maybe you know the low of IF Bamba is 22K so you look to buy ANY of his cards at that price. You could also buy IF Bamba with Hunters up to 23K and look to sell higher, too! 

It's little things that add up the daily profit! 

3. Listing/Lazy Buyers 

If you get a low fluctuation on a card, I recommend immediately listing around the price you want to sell at. This year more than ever I see tons of lazy buyers. The market filters still don't work well especially on open bids. This can cause some bids to run high and people may just buy the next one they see out of frustration. 

After every card I buy I list every single hour I can! If I am going to bed, I list for 6 hours overnight. That's how I recommend listing every day trading card to optimize profits. 

4, Market Movements

The market follows some key patterns particularly pertaining to META cards. The META market is usually highest on Thursday-Friday and quite low on Sunday/Monday. This means you may have to adjust prices subtly during these times. For example, a card may go 5% under their normal low on Sunday. A card may also go 5-10% over their high on Thursday or Friday. 

This schedule flows with Thursday rewards and Weekend League. On Thursday and Friday, a majority of players are looking to build their teams for Rivals and Weekend League. Once they complete their games, they sell their team leading to the price declines on Sunday. 

I know this may sound like a lot to take in, but I wanted to give you all important information on this topic! 

Here is a shortlist of cards to use for this method - 

SBC Informs 

IF Volland

IF Chilwell

IF James Rodriguez

IF Kruse

IF Benitez

IF Florenzi

IF Pacheco

IF Fabianski

IF Casteels 

IF Hradecky

IF Lopes 

META Cards 

RB Podence

RB Dumfries 

RB Andre (really good generally, but rising from Moments Depay)

RB Kamara

IF Firmino 

IF Delaney

IF Courtois

IF Depay

IF Milinkovic Savic

SIF Watkins (sells a ton to lazies)

FIF Lozano 

I'm going to add more to this list, but some prices will not be stable on cards that link with Alessandrini and best of TOTW! This should be enough to get you started on this method!