The Premier League is back this Friday — and when the GW1 deadline hits, The Football Exchange reprices for the first time. @talesfrmthecrypt has been plotting this for months and told me his dream around the time the world cup got under way. He planted the seed and he knew I would fall for it. So between the 1am and 5am games I got to work and hopefully I have created what he was asking. This is our first outing and if this season and it is quite easy and basic. Buy low and sell high.
Right now, every one of 800+ players is sitting at his opening price. Nobody has an edge from an early move. Nobody is up. Nobody is down. This is the only week all season the market is flat — after Friday, every price carries the weight of real gameweek points, and you're trading a market that's already moved.
Buy low. Sell high. The players are the stock.
⚡ Why this week matters
The market opens flat and locks at the GW1 deadline — everyone who's in before Friday starts the season race from the same line.
Prices freeze while the gameweek plays — then every player reprices on his real FPL points when the final whistle goes. Big hauls up, blanks down.
Your opening squad IS your first trade — the players you're holding when GW1 settles are the ones that move first. Pick the risers before there's any market history to copy.
🧠 Three reads for GW1
Fit-again players are the sharpest buy in the game. Prices are built from the last four appearances, and missed matches don't count as zeros — they stretch the window back. Anyone returning from injury is priced on month-old form.
Opening fixtures are public information — use them. A forward priced on last season's final run, facing a promoted side at home on opening weekend? That's what the BUY button is for.
Blanks hurt fast. Four appearances is a short memory. A star who sits out GW1 doesn't fall — but a starter who plays and blanks does. Don't hold big names for the badge.
🏆 The season race starts Friday too
500 HIVE + 10,000 MEDALS goes to the most profitable trader when Gameweek 38 settles.
Profit = cash + squad value minus what you put in. A bigger bankroll doesn't buy rank — only good reads do — and withdrawing winnings along the way never costs you your place on the board.
Every trader who joins after Friday is chasing people who bought the flat market. Be the one they're chasing.
🚀 In before Friday — ten minutes, start to first trade
Get MEDALS — the BUY MEDALS + button on any SportsBlock page, earn them posting and predicting, or grab them on Hive-Engine / TribalDex.
Deposit — one Keychain signature into the public @sp-exchange escrow, then every trade is instant.
Build your squad — up to eleven players: max 1 GK, 3 DEF, 4 MID, 3 FWD.
Full step-by-step guide on the platform:
👉 https://sportsblock.app/exchange
Who's your first buy? Drop your opening squad in the comments — when GW1 settles we'll see whose reads were sharpest.
We have over 20 users with their squads in at the moment. Point to note there is no need for a full squad but it does help if you maximise your squad to achieve more profit. Note to the following players who have joined but have yet to complete their team
| Username | squad | Team | Squad Value | Medals | Profit | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| @niallon11 | 1-3-4-2 · | 10/11 | 500 | 473 | -27 | 10 ▾ |
| @racibo | 1-1-2-2 · | 6/11 | 350 | 12 | -18 | 6 ▾ |
| @deniskj | 1-1-1-3 · | 6/11 | 350 | 29 | -19 | 6 ▾ |
| @blockchainfpl | 0-2-2-1 · | 5/11 | 100 | 95 | -5 | 5 ▾ |
| @workingdad | 0-3-1-1 · | 5/11 | 210 | 178 | -12 | 5 ▾ |
| @dewabrata | 0-0-2-2 · | 4/11 | 150 | 66 | -9 | 4 ▾ |
| @doombot75 | 0-1-1-1 · | 3/11 | 120 | 73 | -6 | 3 ▾ |
| @kraken99 | 0-0-1-0 · | 1/11 | 20 | 3 | -1 | 1 ▾ |
| @shebe | 1-0-0-0 · | 1/11 | 30 | 18 | -2 | 1 ▾ |
Pure Sports. Real Rewards.
Trade with what you can afford. 18+.
