Summer 2021 is looking exciting! We are only in February but it can never hurt to prepare early especially on FI. Traders on the platform especially under the current circumstances seem to be much more attracted to short term dividends. Players who are proven dividend earners and will win constant divs in the near future seem to be less prone to large price drops and attract more buyers. Therefore I believe as we approach summer with the euros and transfers, traders will want to buy players good for those events to get those short term dividends. Although impossible to predict exactly what will happen I believe we have enough information to make some good predictions now about who could win dividends over the summer. For the euros I think England players will be spoken about the most as the media is through English media. Whether the players perform or not, they will get talked about. After the euros and even before, transfer rumours will be a massive talking point for the media. I believe the main 4 candidates for the most transfer rumours and attention are :

Erling Haaland

Kylian Mbappe

Lionel Messi

Jadon Sancho

I also believe that even in the worst outcome for those transfers, it will not result in their price dropping (unless messi goes to Argentina/mls) and in most cases will cause a rise (whilst collecting dividends on the way). I think the market will gradually begin to react to their inevitable media as we approach the summer so I think getting on before the rest follow could prove beneficial.

Of course always make your own decisions and stick with your gut. This is all highly speculative and could be completely wrong. Let me know your thoughts!

Only a trial and error stage now, but on first glance I'm up for the trial. Removing the pb deadline (ie extending it to 23:59 could have a number of effects on how people trade on FI. Traders will now have the option to "chase" and trade specifically for dividends. This extension will allow traders to buy shares that are guaranteed to win for that day (unless OPTA adjusts the scores).This will likely cause some volatility where prices rise on players who are going to win pb but may start to drop again the next day. This may benefit long term holders looking for an exit price as they can sell on the rises and also may allow short term flippers to benefit.

Although this moves away from one of the USPs of FI I don't think this necessarily damages it. Long term traders should find themselves unaffected by this. They can simply buy the shares before they get those daily rises and hold until they reach a price they want to sell whilst still taking in the dividends one.

I'm not convinced this will solve all of FI's problems especially regarding liquidity and demand, however this could stimulate more active trading and make the product more engaging to short term traders so I think it's worth a shot!