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Pre-TOTY Crash

falling hard

Friday, 08 January 2027 to Thursday, 14 January 2027

In short: The “Pre-TOTY Crash” phase of EA FC 27 runs from 08 Jan 2027 to 14 Jan 2027. Expected price direction: falling hard.

The biggest predictable crash of the season. Everyone sells to have coins for TOTY packs and cards. Icons and highly rated meta cards lose 20–35 %.

What actually worked in this phase

Insider

From the FC 26 season, every card from 5,000 coins up, bought and sold again after 7 days, after the 5 % EA tax. Buying at random in this phase returned -7.3 % on average. The percentages below were tested on cards that were not used to find the patterns.

  • ▲meta gold cards rated 88 to 90: +7.1 %

3 more tested patterns for this phase – with Insider

Key dates

  • Fri 15 Jan TOTY attackers (expected)

Expected daily move by card type

Baseline for an 85–87 rated card with normal hype, before day-of-week patterns and events.

Gold (standard)+2.1 % / day
Gold meta (in demand)-0.6 % / day
Team of the Week / inform+1.1 % / day
Promo card-2.5 % / day
Icon-1 % / day
Hero-2 % / day

FAQ

When is Pre-TOTY Crash in EA FC 27?
From 08 Jan 2027 to 14 Jan 2027. It is followed by “TOTY Week”.
Do prices rise or fall during Pre-TOTY Crash?
Expected direction: falling hard. The biggest predictable crash of the season. Everyone sells to have coins for TOTY packs and cards. Icons and highly rated meta cards lose 20–35 %.

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