Investors in the United States are willing to follow AI advice when making financial decisions. A recent survey conducted by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards pointed out that 31% of investors were ready to follow what AI advises without cross-checking it. Specifically, the report’s findings noted,
“1 in 3 investors report feeling comfortable implementing financial planning advice from a generative AI-powered tool without verifying it with another source.”
The comfort level increased from 31% to 52% after AI prompts were verified by financial advisors. On both fronts, the trust that users had with respect to AI investment advice was greater than the advice received from social media.
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AI and Crypto
The CFP Board’s survey and its results were pertinent to the broader investment spectrum. Nevertheless, when it comes to crypto as well, AI has already started influencing traders and investors.
Investment data analytics firm Chain of Demand recently built a tool to analyze Bitcoin price fluctuations that leverages ChatGPT’s technology. Parallelly, crypto exchange ByBit also integrated Open AI’s chatbot to help traders by automating market data analysis. Even Crypto.com recently unveiled its AI-powered initiative to help users familiarize themselves with and learn about the crypto industry.
Another exchange, OKX is guiding users about the 9 best crypto trading bots that they can use. In a recently published guide, it explained to users about dollar cost averaging bots, hodl bots, and options bots. Shedding light on the legality, OKX noted,
”Yes, AI trading bots are legal to use. They are considered trading tools. Most of the top, highly-reputable bots do work, and quite well.”
Timing plays a pivotal role when it comes to crypto trading and investing. However, identifying tops, bottoms, accumulation, and selling zones requires some level of expertise and familiarity with the market dynamics. Daisy, a crypto education influencer, more commonly known as ‘Crypto Empress,’ recently contended that “a lot of us have a problem with knowing when to sell.” The educator works with two AI trading projects, ‘Otto Bought’ and ‘DeFi Trading Club.’ These platforms assist in technical, and fundamental analyses. She said,
“This is going to change how people take profits. Now people don’t have to be stuck at computers. AI bots are going to do it for you. All you have to do is cash out your money and do real-life things.”
Sheraz Ahmed, Managing Partner at blockchain consultancy Storm was on the same page. He recently asserted that if traders do not use AI, and instead do everything manually, they will be ”left behind.”
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Be On Guard, Though
Taking nothing away from AI and revolutionary abilities, market participants should also bear in mind that sketchy ads like ”This Crypto AI Trading Bot makes $100 A Day” keep doing the rounds on social media. Thus, it is quite crucial to remain vigilant and not fall for such scams. In fact, OKX pointed out that some bots are either ”fake or inefficient’ as well. Warning investors, Christopher Inks, Founder of trading group TexasWest Capital said,
“Everybody and their grandmother swears that their bot has a 90% win-rate strategy… They don’t.”
Thus, even with the advent of AI, the golden rule of doing your own research, or DYOR, should not take a backseat.
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