With AI making huge strides and becoming a part of nearly every corner of the digital economy, it’s clear that Algorithmic Trading is set to reach more people than ever. Imagine a super advanced trading bot equipped with all the necessary parameters and strategies, plus AI keeping an eye on everything around the clock. This is bound to change the game for trading in all markets. What do you think? How are exchanges and traditional market makers planning to stay ahead and keep that classic 'house always wins' mindset as AI keeps advancing?
When humans fail to adapt to increasingly advanced technology, things will become much more difficult and AI will overtake all human potential. Especially in trading, we see that AI isn't entirely helpful, even though it can be used to predict prices. There's no guarantee that using AI in trading will generate consistent profits. If exchanges are concerned about the presence of AI because it could lead to more losses, they certainly won't let it destroy them. Even exchanges themselves are currently implementing AI features in trading which suggests they aren't worried enough.
AI can make the work easier for lazy traders but it does not change or rewrite anything about trading if we are talking about profit making, a good trader will still need to know more about the traditional means instead of AI. AI can be of help but it has limitations. A good limitation is using AI to make profit because AI can absolutely just disappoint people, they are not totally accurate.
Obviously, AI is doing wonders lately when it comes to trading activity, but it is still a growing tool and not everyone is comfortable with it at the moment! so even with the fast evolution of AI into trading, that does not rule out the fact that the market makers and the exchanges still have that upper hand in the trading ecosystem because they are the ones that control the rules that govern the market and they also control the liquidity & fees as well. Even if as time goes oN, AI & trading bots become more advancingly integrated into the trading system, it will only level the field a little but the big boys in the game will still have the edge because for one thing!! A lot of traders don't manage their risk well enough.
And who's going to build this AI you're talking about?
Sometimes we overhyped AI and think the unimaginable as if they're perfect or they're not built by human. There is no way this tools can be completely excellent and the carryout accurate task. Exchanges are aware of this development and definitely, there's a way for them to make a profit out it and that's why you see some exchanges promoting certain bot. Additionally, even if AI tool like this is later available, it'll be expensive to afford by many.
I haven't seen any articles or stories about a trader who uses AI to maximize lots of profits, and if it does, it had never lasted for a very long time, maybe works for a few trades and fail in the rest trades.
What really matters and will never stop working is the actual use of human efforts to constantly predict the market to execute profits.
We have heard many times that bots had come and go, failed and no longer working or giving the right signals, AI the same thing but only analyses why allowing humans to take lead.
I think you overestimate how useful AI can be to a trader. If you actually believe that AI can guarantee you profit in trading, then you are very wrong on that. Of course AI has its role in trading, it can make you a more efficient trader and aid you in executing trades quicker, etc, but you are still exposed to the risk of trading.
You can still lose, get profit or even get liquidated. You must still implement risk management and do not trade with more than you can afford to lose.
Basically, even if it is AI, no one is able to predict the future correctly and accurately, AI only helps your analysis, adds to your notes, and can provide data that you may not pay attention to in the market being analyzed, but the presence of AI, traditional traders with their ability to analyze will definitely survive and be able to compete, the bookie still has an advantage if he is able to control the market, that's what we can think of, especially for assets with a small marketcap it is very easy for them to win behind the scenes luring users who are carelessly trading.
AI will continue to evolve but it is not in all sectors will AI have a lot of impact that will make it the main point of traction to focus on. Like in trading, even with the already invented AIs to help in prediction marketing and trading analytics, many of them still makes mistakes that causes failures to those who use them to test run their trading algorithms with them.
With the development of AI, we have actually advanced in many sectors but it cannot be overly reliant in trading that remains one of the most unpredictable market always by even the best of trading market analyst. The trading market will always have its disadvantages and AI cant completely eradicate that.
I don't think 100% or even 80% of modern traders use AI sophistication in trading, even though most exchanges already have AI technology. They will take various approaches to analysis and also use AI to help them achieve a higher level of accuracy in their analysis.
Traditional market players who are unwilling to keep up with developments will be left behind, and the markets in which they often trade will not survive for long.
It's like people are already living in an era where luxury vehicles are the norm for transportation, while we're still riding bicycles as our mode of transport.
AI will adapt to suit the house always wins rule and my fear is that traders may have to understand or pick up some coding skills in order to benefit immensely from the advancement that AI is going through currently.
It is easier for old traders to adapt to using AI and find loopholes they can manipulate to make returns, else why should AI be introduced if the house edge is at risk and traders have that edge over the exchanges they use for trading activities.,
I'm willing to bet any amount with you OP that AI slop will always be AI slop, and especially in trading.
Artificial, remember that.
And intelligence, no matter how, doesn't make you see the future. Remember the South Korea super high IQ guy who predicted 200k BTC or something? Much lol
AI those not transfer trading liability from a non professional trader (who is just gambling) to the exchange or broker, if you like house edge. It doesn't do anything like that and won't do that. AI can be an edge to a professional trader who has a working strategy and profitable. If you are not profitable then AI won't help you to do that.
The house always win old saying isn't always real in trading if you go by the rules of stop loss. There are profitable traders and those who are consistent losers can fit in to the old saying which is a sign of unprofessionalism and frustration.
Trading evolves. AI involvement doesnt mean that its actions will be accurate and 100% fool proof. Its an edge for sure and everyone should learn how to integrate it into their trading strategies.
The sophistication of the technology available today can help someone achieve good knowledge, but if asked whether AI can create opportunities for a trader to consistently make more money, the answer is probably no. If it could truly help a trader 100%, the trading business developed on the exchange would be in complete chaos.
AI can help us make predictions, but it's not completely accurate. I've tried it before and it definitely requires further in-depth analysis.
AI can make things easier for traders which may be true because we might have an idea before deciding to trade, but using AI completely in trading is not effective, and at least this is my personal experience.
The rapid advancement of AI is indeed inevitable. Therefore, everyone is forced to adapt to it. This also applies to trading. However, in my opinion, AI currently excels only in technical analysis. When it comes to market sentiment and fundamentals, it can sometimes be inaccurate. This may be due to limited information. Nevertheless, utilizing AI to simplify technical analysis is very helpful, even though I don't like to rely on AI, especially in financial instruments. Every exchange will inevitably have some regulatory changes when AI is introduced.
You're the trader and need to come up with your own trading strategy and acquire good trading skills before AI will be useful to you when trading. If you don't have any trading knowledge and feel you can depend solemnly on AI to make profits for you when trading, you are only gambling and not trading.
Trading is highly risk, AI cannot change anything. Don't get it twisted.
There are actual ways to do this now, and one of them is with the use of Gunbot. There is a strategy called Athena, and it is based on an algorithmic type of trading, and you can automate it 24/7. I haven't had it yet but it seems promising to try. I just have Gunbot to trade 24/7 but not yet that strategy.
Doesn't matter how good your retailer AI is, it's gonna be few step behind compared to the ones used by market maker or huge trading firm. Doesn't matter if you can craft a good trading strategy for your AI to use but the exchange always got more data inside and then market maker will always have edge.
Even execution time matters in this world of hyper trading activity. You're more likely to be stuck doing trading manually, the same way majority of us stuck trading the ol' way while trading firm doing a direct connection to the market executing those bots at 1ms.
Shouldn't the "houses" you say know about the challenges better before retailers do? If the market is going to be a battleground for AI, EA and the like, let it happen. Houses have more capital to access more sophisticated technology than retail AI. Retail also has a classic rule, don't fight the trend.
After all we are talking about trading, not gambling.