From High-Speed to High-Tech: AI’s Impact on Forex Market Dynamics
From using computer programs in the 1980s to High-Frequency Trading (HFT) in the 2000s and now using generative AI tools to execute trades at lightning-fast speed, we have come a long way. The new emphasis in stock and forex trading has come through generative AI tools mostly powered by OpenAI’s easily accessible (API) technology. Like other trading segments, investors and analysts in forex trading are excited and concerned at the same time with the increasing role of AI.
What Benefits Do AI Tools Bring to Traders?
Banks and financial institutions around the world are reluctant to embrace AI to its fullest potential but that will have to change sooner as it offers unmatched benefits to the market.
Speed and Accuracy
Generative AI tools make HFT even faster and more accurate. HFT already allowed trades to be executed in a millionth of a second.
AI tools will help HFT become more reliable and accurate. It means more retail traders will be able to perform a larger number of accurate trades than ever.
Handling of Large Data
Forex and Stock Trading require handling of large and complex data, that too at the speed of light. Generative and predictive AI models will make handling large market data possible. Traders having access to the Forex market 24/7 will be able to execute even faster and more accurate trades.
Access to Advanced Trading Strategies
If there has been a potential conflict between retail and institutional traders, it has been the access to advanced trading strategies for the big players only. Experts believe that AI tools will be able to analyze and execute large sets of market data, study complex trading strategies, and execute them with precision. It means the retail forex investor will finally have access to these advanced trading strategies otherwise available only to institutional traders.
Lower Costs
Most popular generative AI tools of today come at no cost to the public. It means utilizing these tools for forex trading will not cost much to investors. High-Frequency Trading already involved executing hundreds of thousands of small trades in minutes. Embedding AI tools with these HFTs will further reduce trading costs for investors.
Protection from Emotions
Perhaps, the best advantage of AI tools in forex trading will be to protect investors from human emotions. Like it or not, most investors lose money to their emotional biases when they cannot make rational decisions.
What Are the Risks of Using AI in Trading?
Despite huge potential and adaptability, AI tools are not devoid of risks and limitations for investors and the market itself.
Herding Behavior
Imagine a majority of investors using the same AI predictive tools that are trained on the same market historic data.
On a certain day, all of these investors will want to execute the same types of trades. That is akin to the herding behavior that we already witness in stock markets worldwide.
Increased Market Volatility – A Double-Edged Sword
Market volatility is not bad for the market all the time. Mass utilization of AI tools and herding behaviors as explained above may lead to increased market volatility too.
In some cases, it may lead to market panic and result in losses of billions of dollars for some companies while gains of the same magnitude for their counterparts.
Dependent on Past Data
AI and algorithm trading tools are trained on historic market data. Their ability to analyze that data and predict the future is limited.
These tools can only offer insights relevant to the data fed to them. It means these tools rely too heavily on technical indicators only and do not account for the fundamental analysis. Thus, the requirement of human analysis cannot be ignored while using AI tools for forex and stock trading, as stated by RebelsFunding.com.
Final Thoughts
AI is Empowering Traders but Challenges Remain Financial Institutions and Banks are reluctant to embrace AI tools as yet. However, the recent developments and democratization of AI tools mean, it has to change sooner. Regulators around the world also lagging to develop sufficient regulatory frameworks to cope with the rapidly changing AI landscape.
Also, experts are concerned about the cybersecurity challenges, misinformation, scamming, and manipulation of AI tools with easy access to the masses too soon and too fast. Despite these challenges, we can see an increased role of AI tools in automative trading in forex and stock trading in the foreseeable future.
