Optimising the daily special trade:

I traded myself a shiny Latias today for 40k X 2. I have a level 36 a different color that I never use that got it (only two operational phones currently). I traded a Feb 2017 Vaporeon 2850 cp or it...didn’t go lucky, but 8a/10/6 and 2499 at level 26.5.

Yesterday I got a lucky 533 shiny Clamperl, my level 39 main backup account got a lucky Latias 1992.

Total I’ve done 16 special trades that went lucky. Only consistent stategy though: the easy T5 bosses I would do them by myself near work, then trade with ones I’ve caught 12km away near home.

AKA "For those who cheat"

Only need a much more reasonable 10km distance to get 2 candy.

Trading for a new dex entry or a new shiny seems like a waste since the cost is so much higher and chance of good IVs is so low.

For Meltan, the extra candy for distance doesn't seem as important after all the extra boxes this month. I am now saving up high level (28, 29, 30) Meltan to trade for lucky attempts and not trading any smaller Meltan anymore. More candy saved in the long run if I get a good IV lucky that is already a really high level.