Chat GPT and trading: revolutionary or ridiculous?

AI has potential benefits in trading, but traders must be cautious of potential risks and drawbacks.

The recent worldwide uproar around Chat GPT shows that it has had its desired effect – a lot of people taking notice and bringing media attention. The education sector has felt its effects, with plagiarism at universities on the rise, and schools having to re-evaluate the whole premise behind homework due to Chat GPT’s simple route to drafting an essay.

The potential of the tool extends far and wide. It’s making itself felt in the trading world and has been heralded as a possible revolutionary piece of technology. However, there are still the sceptics out there who are wary of Chat GPT and AI as a whole. The debate, therefore, rages on: should Chat GPT become a key part of a trader’s armoury? Or should we be ignoring it?

Chat GPT at your service

Chat GPT, and AI more broadly, can definitely benefit trading. AI has already shown its usefulness in the trading industry and is already used across the trading industry, especially in the institutional world. It’s helped them with areas such as fraud detection, allowing financial institutions to detect and prevent fraudulent activity more quickly and efficiently.

AI’s main benefit is its ability to process and ingest large amounts of data at a much quicker speed than humans is increasing the efficiency of trading. It not only helps traders to make decisions far quicker, but AI can also automate many routine tasks, such as data analysis and risk assessment, freeing up traders’ time to focus on more complex tasks.

With the speed of data processing, Chat GPT can identify patterns and trends that would not be instantly apparent to human traders. Traders can use this information to make more accurate predictions about where the markets are moving, what comes next and therefore increasing their profit margin as they are one step ahead of the competition.

However, in a similar way as AI is able to identify opportunities for traders, it can also flag potential risks for traders and gives them advice on how to mitigate them. For example, AI-powered risk management tools can analyse a trader’s portfolio and provide insights into potential risks and opportunities, helping traders make more informed decisions and reduce their overall risk exposure.

This analysis of a trader’s portfolio is one of the main benefits that has put Chat GPT at the top of the podium when it comes to AI options, as it allows for true personalisation and an opportunity for continuous improvement. It learns from traders’ behaviour and preferences over time, allowing it to provide more personalised insights and recommendations.

Therefore, as more and more information and priorities are fed into the platform, the more Chat GPT can learn and adapt over time, improving its accuracy and effectiveness as it processes more data and receives feedback from traders. This can help traders stay ahead of market trends and make more informed and personalised decisions as market conditions change.

While AI has several potential benefits for traders, there are also some potential drawbacks to using it in trading.

Why to be wary

The simple fact of life is that technology brings technology issues, and Chat GPT will be no different. If traders rely too heavily on systems such as Chat GPT, they are making themselves particularly vulnerable to technology failures or errors. If an AI system fails or produces inaccurate results, it could result in significant financial losses.

The unpredicted events of the last couple of years have also led to significant financial losses for traders. Since 2020, we’ve seen a number of geopolitical issues such as the Russia Ukraine war and the Covid 19 pandemic, whose unexpectedness have sent markets into chaos. Systems such as Chat GPT are only as good as the data they are trained with, and they may not be able to adapt to unexpected events or changes in market conditions that were not present in the training data. How it responds to these kinds of situations will be the acid test for Chat GPT.

Away from the technology, there’s also a moral and ethical dilemma about using AI in trading. For example, some AI systems may be designed to take advantage of market inefficiencies, which can have negative effects on other market participants. Additionally, there are concerns about the potential for AI systems to amplify biases or reinforce existing power imbalances in the financial industry.

Marc Despallieres, Chief Strategy Officer, Vantage Markets

For as fast paced industry such as trading, the speed of access to more useful data and insights that Chat GPT and AI solutions can provide could revolutionise the market. It has the potential, and is already proving, to be a very beneficial tool for traders across the journey, but only if people are aware of the limitations of Chat GPT and ensure that they do not become overly reliant. Technology is there as an aide to make the trading journey easier, and can ensure a reduced risk profile, better decision making capability and the chance to make more money, but a human instinct is still needed to make this a success.

 

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