Squad Battle Rewards + Market Outlook
Hey Guys,
With quite a few new faces this month I wanted to start with a market overview. The market has some optimal trading techniques different days of the week and I will outline them below!
Sunday
Squad Battle rewards trading is ideal for those on lower budgets. We will be getting tons of supply these next few weeks due to the heavy requirements for Icon Swaps and it's a great time to pickup silvers, non rare golds and cards that feature for objectives.
Remember, competitive Fifa is primarily played Thursday through Saturday. Into the week, people continue to grind objectives and look to buy cards that fulfill requirements.
In this case we have a variety of options including Liga Nos silvers, England and Brazil players and UCL cards.
Fodder is also a look as it tends to drop subtly with supply or at least provides a good opportunity for open bidding to flip later. Eventually, supply lessens and cards can naturally rise.
On Sunday, meta cards tend to take the most significant dip as people complete Weekend League and sell their teams.
Monday
This is great day to actively day trade! I will look to update my day trading list as it's missing the past few promotion cards, but here's a link to a full post on this method
https://www.patreon.com/posts/44541874
Day trading can work great in a healthy market and the market should naturally rise subtly into Thursday. As cards are naturally rising, it's a great time to buy at their lows and watch them increase.
You can also look to flip cards in objectives, silvers, etc.
Tuesday
Tuesday we tend to shout our Thursday flips. Depending on what and how the market moves we can also do some on Monday or Wednesday.
It provides a sweet spot as if you buy too early content coming can lessen the value. It is risky to hold cards all the way from Sunday to Thursday. It makes more sense to actively flip cards those days.
Wednesday
Pretty chill market day! We continue to pickup Thursday flips and potentially add to the list pending TOTW.
Market is usually still subtly rising, so very nice to trade in.
Thursday
Great day for the market and we tend to see a big rise on meta cards in a healthy market! Players get rewards from both Rivals and Weekend League. They go spend those coins and upgrade their team! We aim to sell them cards they want :)
Thursday can also act as a Sunday to restock items at rewards such as non rare golds, SBC fodder, etc.
One of my favorite methods all year from Thursday to Friday afternoon this year has been Tech Avion! I will drop a link to the method below
https://www.patreon.com/posts/44703787
Friday
New promo cards come out and we do our best to flip them if applicable.
Friday the market can rise slightly higher than Thursday in a healthy state. This is the case particularly on out of pack special cards. Many tend to be higher on Friday than Thursday as people finish Weekend League preparations
Saturday
One of the most dead market days outside the morning. The market sees stabilization or slight decreasing as people finish their Weekend League games.
Informs, especially fodder based are ideal to pickup around Saturday to Sunday as they don't have as many eyes
Now, lets get into Squad Battle Rewards and what we can look for! As I stated earlier, I expect a heavy supply the next few weeks due to the Icon Swaps Squad Battle requirements.
This is a perfect opportunity to look for non-rare golds that hold high value for SBC's! Below I am going to make a list of CURRENT prices. At Squad Battle rewards thousands of packs are opened around a similar timeframe and it drops these cards buy now price.
If you look at open bids, you can often get a few hundred coins lower than that, too! If you hold these cards a few days, they can boom in price for the right SBC.
The ideal time to bid on these is 1-1.5 hours after rewards, but this method still works intermittently Monday morning. Packs tend to be opened from 7-9 AM UK as well! It just won't be quite as heavy as right after rewards.
Gold Non-Rares 1-1.5K
Kurzawa
Kamara
Doherty
Criscito
Joan Jordan
Stambouli
Duarte
Jantschke
Funes Mori
Ruben Semedo
Uduokhai
Milenkovic
Adams
Sorloth
Rekik
Januzaj
Evans
Caputo
Ghoulam
Fernadno (CDM)
Masiello
Sergi Gomez
Viergever
Palomino
Hitz
Lejuene (A Discord favorite) lol
Christensen
Pezzella
Vietto
Grifo
Gigot
Caldara
Fazio
Toloi
Cabrera
Federico Fernandez
Kainz
Hanin
Defrel
Dilrosun
Henrichs
Sarr
Hoedt
Kulusevski
Sokratis
Ogbonna
Diop
Brekalo
Maksimovic
Caleta-Car
Vogt
Steffen
Caliguri
Embolo
Gnagnon
Saka
Lisandro Martinez
Illaremendi
Mustafi
Laguardia
Mina
Umpierrez
Goncalo Paciencia (Schalke)
Quagliarella
Baumgartlinger
Moisander
Hasebe
Fonte
Tarkowski
Mee
Nastacic
Bidding on French UCL Rares looks like another great option to me! As I stated, this is an easy way to knockout 2 Icon Swaps at once and I feel many will want to do that this week as well. Let's focus on some Rare UCL's in Top 5 Leagues.
Lemar
Mukiele
Pavard
Sanson
Thauvin
Tolisso
Konate
Upamecano
Kounde
Zouma
Plea
Nkunku
Ousmane
I think these should push higher into the week!
Lastly, if you are looking for fodder to quick flip the best ratings look like 83-85! Not only are these going to get the heaviest supply, but they're also used a lot for SBC's currently.
It's important to note what SBC's people will do and what requirements they have.
Robben requires an 85 rated squad
The 86+ Upgrade requires an 84 rated squad
Milinkovic-Savic requires an 85 rated squad
This honestly doesn't require a specific list as so many work.
Lastly, I am going to do a check on some META cards and add to this list here or in Discord. I have to run a quick errand, but thought I would let you catch up for now!
Happy Sunday!
Jake
