FAQ

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General Questions

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What is FIFA Bot?

• Searches the transfer market for undervalued players
• Purchases items below market value
• Lists them for resale at profit
• Manages sold items and reinvests coins
• Sends WhatsApp notifications for key events

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Is this against FIFA’s Terms of Service?

• Repetitive actions at exact intervals
• Superhuman reaction times
• Suspicious trading patterns
• High-volume transactions

• Use “Normal” mode (not “Fast”)
• Limit daily transactions
• Add random delays
• Take regular breaks
• Vary search parameters

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How much profit can I make?

• Market conditions: Active markets = more opportunities
• Filters used: Niche items = higher margins, lower volume
• Competition: More bots = fewer snipes
• Time of day: Off-peak hours = better deals
• Initial coins: More capital = more simultaneous listings

• Buy at 4,500 coins
• Sell at 5,000 coins
• After 5% EA tax: 4,750 coins
• Profit: 250 coins per card
• 20 sales/hour = 5,000 coins/hour

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Do I need programming knowledge?

• Run the bot
• Adjust prices in UI
• Change filters
• Enable/disable WhatsApp
• Start/stop operations

• Updating XPaths after EA updates
• Adding new features
• Customizing bot behavior
• Fixing errors
• Security improvements (e.g., removing hardcoded password)

• Python Basics
• Selenium Documentation
• XPath Tutorial

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Pricing & Strategy

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How does the pricing algorithm work?

maxPrice = (sellPrice * 0.95) - expectedProfit

• Target sale: 10,000 coins
• Expected profit: 500 coins
• Buy price: (10,000 × 0.95) - 500 = 9,000 coins

• Sell for 10,000
• Receive 9,500
• Subtract 9,000 cost = 500 profit

1. If 0 items found → increase price
2. If 1-4 items found → optimal range (enough supply, not saturated)
3. If 5+ items found → decrease price (oversupplied)

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What are optimal search filters?

Quality: Oro (Gold)
Type: Comunes (Common)
League: Premier League
Position: Any
Price Range: 1,000-5,000

• Many opportunities
• Fast turnover
• Easy to find deals

• Low profit per card (100-300 coins)
• High competition

Quality: Oro
Type: Únicos (Special cards)
League: Eredivisie
Nationality: Netherlands
Price Range: 5,000-15,000

• Less competition
• Higher margins (500-1,000 coins)
• Predictable pricing

• Fewer opportunities
• Slower turnover
• Requires market knowledge

Type: Icono (Icon)
Position: SDI (CAM) or DC (ST)
Price Range: 100,000+

• Huge profit per snipe (10,000-100,000 coins)
• Less bot competition

• Very rare opportunities
• Requires large capital
• High risk if prices drop

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How do I adjust prices dynamically?

1. Stop the bot
2. Update maximo, inicial, final fields
3. Click “Selecciones” to apply
4. Restart bot

1. Enable “Buscar Rango” (eR=1)
2. Set “Cada __ busquedas” to 30-50
3. Bot will auto-adjust every N searches
4. Sends WhatsApp notification with new range

1. Click “Revisar Precio” button in UI
2. Bot recalculates optimal range immediately
3. Updates UI fields

• No purchases in 30+ minutes
• Items not selling (transfer list full)
• After content updates (TOTW, promos)
• Market crash/spike events

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What is “expected profit” vs “real profit”?

buyPrice = (sellPrice * 0.95) - iEsperada

• Sell price: 10,000
• Expected profit: 500
• Bot buys at: 9,000
• Actual profit: 9,500 - 9,000 = 500 ✅

• Market prices fluctuate
• Items may sell at inicial (min price) instead of final (max price)
• Competition forces lower prices
• EA tax reduces margins

# Calculate real profit:
realProfit = (actualSellPrice * 0.95) - actualBuyPrice

# Update iReal field manually after 10-20 transactions

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Technical Questions

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How do I handle session timeouts?

• Bot stops finding elements
• Login screen appears
• Console shows “ERROR EN COMPRAR”

def reLogin():
    enviarWhatsapp("EMPEZARON RELOGIN")
    # ... (existing code) ...
    
    # UPDATE THIS LINE:
    input.send_keys("YourActualPassword")  # Replace "Warewolf10"
    
    # ... (rest of function) ...

{"comando": "RELOGIN"}

1. Detect login screen
2. Enter credentials
3. Navigate to transfer market
4. Restore filters
5. Resume automation

1. Bot will stop with error
2. Manually log into FIFA Web App
3. Click “Selecciones” in bot UI
4. Click “Iniciar” to resume

if iteraciones % 100 == 0:  # Every 100 iterations
    # Refresh page to maintain session
    driver.refresh()
    time.sleep(5)
    irMercadoTransferencias()

import os
password = os.getenv('FIFA_PASSWORD')

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What happens if internet disconnects?

• Selenium commands will fail
• Bot enters exception handler
• Attempts recovery with irMercadoTransferencias()
• If successful, resumes operation

• FIFA Web App shows “Connection Lost”
• Bot cannot recover automatically
• Manual intervention required:
  1. Refresh FIFA Web App page
  2. Log back in if needed
  3. Stop and restart bot

import requests

def check_internet():
    try:
        requests.get('https://www.google.com', timeout=5)
        return True
    except:
        return False

while seguir:
    if not check_internet():
        enviarWhatsapp("Internet disconnected, pausing")
        time.sleep(60)  # Wait 1 minute
        continue
    # ... (normal bot operations) ...

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How do I optimize search parameters?

total_searches = 0
total_purchases = 0

def clickEncontrado():
    global total_searches, total_purchases
    total_searches += 1
    if len(driver.find_elements_by_xpath("...")) > 0:
        total_purchases += 1
        success_rate = (total_purchases / total_searches) * 100
        print(f"Success rate: {success_rate:.2f}%")

• Test A: League = Premier League, Nationality = Any
• Test B: League = Any, Nationality = Brazil

• Purchases per hour
• Average profit per item
• Items sold / items bought ratio

• Low frequency (every 50 searches) for stable markets
• High frequency (every 20 searches) for volatile markets

• Competitor bots may be targeting same items
• Switch filters immediately
• Try different leagues/positions

filter_sets = [
    {"league": "Premier League", "nation": "Brazil"},
    {"league": "LaLiga", "nation": "Argentina"},
    {"league": "Serie A", "nation": "Italy"},
]

current_filter = 0

# Every 20 searches:
if iteraciones % 20 == 0:
    current_filter = (current_filter + 1) % len(filter_sets)
    apply_filter(filter_sets[current_filter])

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Can I run multiple bots simultaneously?

• Multiple FIFA accounts (different EA accounts)
• Separate Chrome instances (different ports)
• Different filter sets (avoid competing with yourself)

chrome.exe --remote-debugging-port=9250 --user-data-dir="C:/fifa_account1"
chrome.exe --remote-debugging-port=9222 --user-data-dir="C:/whatsapp1"

chrome.exe --remote-debugging-port=9260 --user-data-dir="C:/fifa_account2"
chrome.exe --remote-debugging-port=9232 --user-data-dir="C:/whatsapp2"

# bot_account1.py
opts.add_experimental_option('debuggerAddress', 'localhost:9250')

# bot_account2.py
opts.add_experimental_option('debuggerAddress', 'localhost:9260')

• Use different item types (Bot 1: Golds, Bot 2: Silvers)
• Different leagues (Bot 1: EPL, Bot 2: LaLiga)
• Stagger execution (start Bot 2 five minutes after Bot 1)

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How do I update XPaths after EA updates?

1. Open Chrome DevTools (F12) on FIFA Web App
2. Find the Element:
   • Click the “Select Element” tool (Ctrl+Shift+C)
   • Click the button/field that’s not working
3. Copy XPath:
   • In DevTools, right-click the highlighted HTML element
   • Copy → Copy XPath
4. Update Bot Script:
   # Old (broken):
   driver.find_element_by_xpath("/html/body/main/section/OLD_PATH")
   
   # New (copied from DevTools):
   driver.find_element_by_xpath("/html/body/main/section/NEW_PATH")
   
5. Test:
   • Restart bot
   • Verify the operation works

# Instead of long XPath:
driver.find_element_by_xpath("/html/body/main/section/...")

# Use CSS selector:
driver.find_element_by_css_selector("button.ut-button-group button:nth-child(2)")

# Or find by text:
driver.find_element_by_xpath("//button[contains(text(), 'Search')]") 

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Bidding Mode

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What is Bidding Mode?

1. Searches for items with active bids
2. Places bids on items below your max price
3. Waits for auctions to expire (5 minutes)
4. Lists won items on transfer market
5. Clears expired/outbid items
6. Repeats

• Lower purchase prices (often below market)
• Less competition from sniper bots
• Can win items at 50-70% market value

• Slower (wait for auctions to expire)
• Lower success rate (often outbid)
• Requires monitoring “target items” limit (50 max)

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How do I use Bidding Mode?

1. Set your filters (League, Nationality, etc.)
2. Set maximo = your max bid price
3. Set inicial = min sell price
4. Set final = max sell price
5. Click “BIDDING” button in UI

# UI Settings:
maximo = 4000  # Don't bid above 4,000 coins
inicial = 4500  # List at 4,500 minimum
final = 5000    # List at 5,000 maximum
nacionalidadEntry = "Brasil"  # Start with Brazil

# Click "BIDDING" button

• Bot searches Brazil players
• Bids on any with current bid < 4,000
• Switches to Argentina
• Repeats
• Waits 300 seconds (5 minutes)
• Clears expired bids
• Lists won items at 4,500-5,000
• Repeat cycle

bids_to_place = 50 - current_objectives

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Why does bidding stop with “too many bids”?

try:
    mensaje = find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="NotificationLayer"]/div')
    mensaje.click()
    time.sleep(300)  # Wait 5 minutes
    break
except:
    pass  # No error, continue

1. Bot clicks error notification
2. Waits 300 seconds (5 minutes)
3. Allows auctions to expire
4. Clears expired with borrarcaducos()
5. Resumes bidding

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Safety & Ethics

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How can I reduce ban risk?

import random

# Add random delays:
time.sleep(random.uniform(1.5, 3.5))

# Randomize search order:
if random.random() > 0.5:
    aumentaMinimoCompraYa()
else:
    disminuyeMinimoCompraYa()

• Max 50-100 transactions per day
• Take 30-minute breaks every 2 hours
• Don’t run 24/7

• Don’t search same item repeatedly
• Vary filter sets
• Change prices periodically

• EA tracks IP addresses
• Residential proxies reduce detection
• Change IP between sessions

if total_purchases > 100:
    enviarWhatsapp("Daily limit reached")
    switchoff()

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Is this ethical?

• Violates Terms of Service
• Gives unfair advantage over manual traders
• Damages market economy
• Ruins experience for legitimate players

• Manual trading is tedious and repetitive
• EA’s market is already manipulated by large-scale botters
• Automates what humans already do manually
• Educational tool for learning automation

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What are the legal implications?

• Using bots breaks EA’s ToS
• EA can ban your account without warning or refund
• You have no recourse (their platform, their rules)

• Botting games is not a crime
• No copyright infringement (you own the game)
• No hacking/unauthorized access (using your own credentials)

• Selling coins for real money = Against ToS + potential fraud
• Accessing others’ accounts = Illegal (computer fraud)
• Distributing paid bot software may require business license

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Troubleshooting Quick Reference

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Additional Resources

• Selenium Python Docs
• Pyrebase Documentation
• Tkinter Tutorial

• r/FIFA (Reddit)
• FUT Trading Discord servers
• Stack Overflow (selenium + python tags)

• Chrome DevTools
• XPath Tester
• FUTBIN (price tracking)