Separate squad building from trading
Decide what you need your Coins for first. If you still need a player for your team, the same Coins are not also freely available for long trading experiments. A clear budget helps you avoid constantly improvising between squad building and your transfer list.
Use an amount whose temporary unavailability or loss you can accept in the game. No universal starting budget guarantees a profit. What matters is that your assumptions fit the Coins you have available.
Compare the same card
A player’s name is not enough. Compare the exact card version and check the market details. One unusual price may be an outlier. Several current listings give you more context than a single screenshot.
A visible listing price is not proof of a completed sale either. Record your intended selling price separately from the price at which your card actually sells.
Include the fee before you buy
The basic calculation is selling price minus selling fee minus buying price. In an example with a 5% fee, a sale for 10,000 Coins leaves revenue of 9,500 Coins. Buying the card for 9,600 Coins would therefore result in a loss of 100 Coins.
Use the Coin calculator to compare purchase prices. You can change the fee too. This shows how a small margin responds to a change in your assumptions.
Keep track of what actually happens
| Detail | Why it helps |
|---|---|
| Card and version | Compare similar trades |
| Buying price | Track committed Coins |
| Actual selling price | Measure outcomes rather than wishes |
| Selling fee | Calculate the net margin |
| Waiting time | Understand how long Coins are tied up |
A simple note is enough. Include unsuccessful attempts as well. Looking only at successful sales makes it easy to overestimate how consistently a method works.
Understand one method at a time
Overpriced selling focuses on a markup above the market price you observed. Other approaches can depend on different assumptions. Avoid mixing several methods before you can explain which part of your process produced an outcome.
Our overpriced selling guide covers the calculation and limitations. To trade within EA’s rules, use the official game services. EA prohibits external automation.
Sources & context
EA: rules, official services and prohibited automation
This guide explains concepts. It is not a documented product test and does not promise trading results.