Monopoly Go Trade Fest Is Back on January 16-18, 2026 | The Best Way to Utilize Duplicate Stickers!
Category: Monopoly Go Posted: Jan 16, 2026 Views: 1155
Besides the daily tournaments and banner events, and the regularly held large events, Monopoly Go has a special type of event. These don't directly provide rewards, but rather help you speed up your game progress or collect rewards more efficiently.
Most of these special events are similar to daily events, with several available each day, but their duration is always very short, sometimes only a few minutes - except for Trade Fest.
Compared to other events, Trade Fest appears rarely, and therefore hasn't appeared since its first event in September 2025. But now it's finally returning! Below, we'll introduce the details of the upcoming latest round of Trade Fest.

What is Trade Fest?
This event is one of Monopoly Go's special events (also called flash events), but it lasts for 48 hours, longer than most flash events.
Furthermore, most flash events have corresponding triggers that are given as rewards for daily events, but currently, Trade Fest doesn't seem to have a corresponding trigger.
When can you participate in Trade Fest?
This Trade Fest will begin at 8:00 AM EST on January 16, 2026, and continue until the same time on Sunday, January 18. This means you can have a fun and fulfilling weekend with it and other events available during the same period.
As for when the next Trade Fest will be, it's honestly hard to predict, as the event is not held regularly and the intervals are long. So, to avoid missing the next one, all you can do is check Monopoly Go updates daily.
How to play Trade Fest?
During the event, the number of stickers you can trade with others each day (within 24 hours) will double, increasing from a fixed 5 to 10. However, this does not include gold stickers, which can only be traded during Golden Blitz.
Furthermore, tradable stickers must be duplicates, which you can identify by the +1 or higher number marker on the card. After confirming the sticker to trade, follow these steps to complete the trade:
- Find and turn on Make an exchange toggle at the bottom of the friend selection screen.
- Confirm your friend's agreement to the trade.
- Send stickers to your friends for exchange.
- Once both parties confirm, the trade is complete.
It's important to note that the standard sticker trading mechanism isn't a one-to-one exchange like Golden Blitz; it's related to the sticker's star rating.
All Monopoly Go stickers have their own star rating (1-6), and when you collect any duplicate stickers, the corresponding stars are automatically added to your Stickers for Rewards menu.
If you later intend to exchange a duplicate sticker for a new sticker, the corresponding star rating will be deducted. Similarly, if you receive a duplicate sticker, your star rating will increase.
Therefore, maximizing the value of Trade Fest is to find enough players willing to exchange stickers with you as quickly as possible before the event starts, through your friend list, Monopoly Go forums, and groups.
If the other party can provide a sticker you desperately need, that's ideal, but the chance of a perfect match between needs isn't very high, so sometimes collecting duplicate stickers to gain stars is also a viable option.
If you and your friends primarily plan to earn stars by exchanging duplicate stickers, then Trade Fest is even more important! The daily limit of five exchanges means it's difficult to consume low-rarity duplicate cards.
However, Trade Fest increases the number of sticker exchanges, allowing you and your friends to help each other accumulate stars by exchanging large quantities of low-rarity duplicate cards.
What are stars used for?
Once you accumulate a certain number of stars, you can use them to redeem three different rarities of vaults, which can then be opened once every 24 hours to claim rewards. Specific rewards include:
- Orange Vault - Need 250 Stars: 200 Dice, 1 Pink Sticker Pack
- Blue Vault - Need 350 Stars: 350 Dice, 1 Pink Sticker Pack, 1 Blue Sticker Pack
- Gold Vault - Need 450 Stars: 500 Dice, 2 Blue Sticker Packs, 1 Purple Sticker Pack
To ensure your stars are used effectively, we recommend saving enough to open the gold vault before redeeming them.
Why participate in Trade Fest?
All loyal Monopoly Go players know that collecting stickers is the core gameplay, and collecting an entire set/album grants additional collection rewards.
However, due to the varying rarity of sticker packs and the randomness of card drops, you're likely to frequently open duplicate stickers, hindering your collection progress.
To address this issue, Monopoly Go introduced sticker trading, the stars and vault system, and Golden Blitz event exclusively for Gold Cards. The addition of Trade Fest means you have even more opportunities to turn duplicate stickers into valuable items!
Don't miss the ongoing Golden Blitz!
As of this writing, the latest Golden Blitz is still running! It ends when Trade Fest launches, so if you haven't yet used it to send or receive the gold cards Hermione‘s Arrival and Amortentia, be sure to act fast!
In short, Trade Fest this weekend is the highlight of playing Monopoly Go, and there will be even more new events next week for you to participate in and win rewards! Keep up the good work, and you're guaranteed to unlock all Harry Potter Go stickers!
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