Sniping is one of the oldest and most reliable trading methods in FIFA Ultimate Team — a way to build coins without ever touching your wallet for FIFA Points. Instead of relying on packs, sniping is about speed and market awareness: spotting an underpriced card the instant it's listed and buying it before anyone else can. This guide breaks down exactly how sniping works in FIFA 20, the safest way to do it on both the Web App and Companion App, when to actually sit down and snipe, proven search filters you can use right now, and other coin-making methods to run alongside your sniping sessions. When you'd rather skip the grind altogether, MrGeek is your go-to store for safe, affordable FC Coins.
What Is Sniping in FIFA 20 Ultimate Team?
Sniping is the act of buying a card on the transfer market within seconds of it being listed, before its price has had a chance to settle at market rate. Sellers occasionally list items too cheaply — whether by mistake, impatience, or simply not checking the current going rate — and snipers are the traders fast enough to catch that gap and buy it up.
Once bought, the card is relisted at its true market value and sold on for a profit. There's no hard limit to how much you can make this way — it scales entirely with the time and consistency you put into it, and small profits per card add up fast once you're doing it in volume. Unlike pack-based trading, sniping doesn't require any upfront gambling on pack odds; every coin you spend goes toward a card you can already see and evaluate before buying.
Can You Get Banned for Sniping in FIFA 20?
EA has never stated that sniping itself is against the rules — it doesn't involve external tools, exploits, or match manipulation, which is what EA's terms of service actually target. That said, EA is known to be wary of accounts that snipe constantly and can apply temporary transfer market restrictions if your activity looks automated or excessive.
In practice, this usually means a short cooldown on market access rather than a full account suspension, and it tends to happen to traders who search aggressively without pause rather than those who snipe in normal, spaced-out sessions. Playing matches, completing SBCs, and browsing packs between search bursts helps keep your account activity looking natural.
*TIP* Avoid spamming the search button repeatedly. Hammering the search too fast can get you temporarily locked out of the transfer market, so search deliberately rather than rapid-fire.
How to Snipe on the FIFA 20 Companion App
The Companion App is the harder of the two mobile-accessible platforms to snipe on, simply because its market refreshes more slowly than the Web App. If you're set on using it, this step-by-step approach gives you the best odds:
- Identify your target player and check the current lowest Buy Now price for that card on the open market.
- Search below market value — set your Buy Now filter roughly 1,000–2,000 coins under the current lowest listing, and set the minimum bid somewhere between 150 and 850, so any card listed below your ceiling will surface in the results.
- Adjust and re-search if nothing comes up — nudge both the bid and Buy Now filters incrementally until listings start appearing.
- Evaluate before buying — remember EA takes a 5% tax on every sale, so factor that into whether a card is actually worth sniping.
Because the Companion App is slower to update, it rewards patience more than reflexes. Rather than chasing high-demand meta cards where competition is fiercest, many traders have more success using it for lower-profile players where fewer people are watching the listings at any given moment.
*TIP* Small profits compound quickly. Even 400 coins of profit across 50 cards works out to 20,000 coins before tax — roughly 19,000 net. Volume is what makes sniping worthwhile.
How to Snipe on the FIFA 20 Web App
The same core principles apply on the Web App, but the market here refreshes and updates noticeably faster than on mobile — giving you far more windows to catch an underpriced listing. You can either hunt a specific player you know is undervalued, or run the search filters below to snipe consistently across a pool of similarly priced cards.
Trading on a laptop or PC with just a mouse or trackpad can feel slow, but a Chrome extension called Shortfuts solves this by mapping transfer market actions to keyboard shortcuts — for example, one key to search, another to Buy Now, another to adjust your Buy Now price. Once set up, it lets you search and buy in a fraction of the time manual clicking takes, which matters a lot when listings can disappear in under a second.
*TIP* As with the Companion App, avoid spamming the search — it will still flag and remove you from the transfer market temporarily.
Best Times to Snipe for Better Results
Timing matters almost as much as speed. Market activity isn't constant throughout the day or week, and sniping during the right windows can dramatically improve your hit rate:
- Late evenings and early mornings in your region tend to have fewer active traders competing for the same listings, meaning underpriced cards survive longer before someone else grabs them.
- Sunday evenings and Monday mornings often see a dip in overall market prices as players sell off cards before Weekend League rewards or fresh SBCs reset the meta, creating more sniping opportunities than usual.
- Right after a promo announcement the market can get chaotic as players panic-sell older cards to fund new investments — prices swing quickly, and sniping during this window can turn up bigger discounts than normal, though it's riskier since values are moving fast in both directions.
Best FIFA 20 Sniping Search Filters
Do your research on current market value before committing coins to any of these — prices shift, so treat the ranges below as a starting point and keep adjusting your Buy Now ceiling as you refresh:
- Gold · RB · Premier League — Buy Now 500–650
- Gold · CB · Serie A — Buy Now 500–600
- Gold · RM · Argentina — Buy Now 650–950
- Gold · RM · Brazil — Buy Now 1,000–1,500
- Gold · Spain · Süper Lig — Buy Now 400–450
- Gold · RW · Premier League — Buy Now 600–850
- Gold · CB · Ligue 1 · PSG — Buy Now 1,000–1,300
- Gold · CB · Premier League · Chelsea — Buy Now 900–1,100
- Gold · RB · Serie A — Buy Now 1,400–1,600
- Gold · Spain · A-League — Buy Now 900–1,500
Top FIFA 20 Players to Target for Sniping
Always check the current lowest Buy Now price before sniping any of these to confirm there's still profit margin — cards commonly worth sniping have included players such as Mateo Kovačić (Chelsea), Presnel Kimpembe (PSG), İlkay Gündoğan (Manchester City), Jamie Vardy (Leicester City), James Rodríguez (Real Madrid), Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid), Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund), Fabinho (Liverpool), and Jordi Alba (Barcelona), among many other consistently in-demand gold cards.
Aim to have 10,000–15,000 coins set aside before you start a sniping session — enough volume to buy several cards and actually see meaningful profit. Reinvest your profit back into more sniping rather than spending it on packs, and the returns compound over time.
Common Sniping Mistakes to Avoid
- Buying without checking recent sale prices. A card can look cheap compared to the current lowest listing but still be overpriced relative to what it's actually been selling for over the past day.
- Ignoring the 5% sale tax. A "profit" that looks good on paper can vanish once tax is factored in — always calculate your real margin before buying.
- Relisting instantly at the same price you paid. Give yourself room above your purchase price to actually cover the tax and leave margin, rather than just matching the market.
- Spamming searches out of impatience. This is the single most common reason accounts get temporarily locked out of the transfer market.
Other Ways to Make Coins in FIFA 20
- Bronze and Silver pack trading: SBC demand can push otherwise cheap bronze and silver cards well above their normal value — a 750-coin bronze pack occasionally returns a card worth several times that.
- Squad Battles rewards: Weekly ranked rewards from Sunday-to-Sunday competition provide a steady stream of coins and packs alongside your trading.
- Bronze-to-gold upgrade chains: Opening bronze packs, feeding those players into silver upgrade packs, and those into gold upgrade packs is slow but can eventually produce SBC fodder or sellable gold cards at very low initial cost.
FIFA 20 Sniping — Frequently Asked Questions
Is sniping the fastest way to make coins in FIFA 20?
It's one of the most reliable low-risk methods, though not necessarily the fastest per session. Sniping rewards consistency — regular short sessions targeting undervalued listings tend to outperform occasional large trading pushes.
Web App or Companion App — which is better for sniping?
The Web App is generally preferred because its market refreshes faster, giving you more opportunities to catch underpriced listings. The Companion App still works but requires more patience due to slower refresh rates.
Do I need coins to start sniping?
Yes — you'll need a starting balance to buy cards before you can resell them. Aiming for 10,000–15,000 coins gives you enough room to snipe multiple cards per session and see real profit after EA's 5% sale tax.
How long should a sniping session last?
There's no fixed rule, but shorter, focused sessions of 20–30 minutes with breaks in between tend to work better than marathon sessions — they keep your searches from looking automated and help you stay sharp enough to react quickly to genuine bargains.
How is sniping different from trading during a promo event like TOTY?
Sniping is a year-round, low-risk method built around catching mispriced listings on stable cards. Promo trading (like around TOTY) is higher-risk and driven by short-term market swings as demand spikes and supply floods in — it can be more profitable but requires closely tracking event timing rather than just search filters.
