Although FX options are gaining some traction across the industry, with electronification beginning to take shape, other instruments appear to be retaining dominance, panellists discussed at the TradeTech FX conference in Barcelona.
Market structure impacts and the potential for too much AI dependency were highlighted as a key are of focus for speakers on the algo panel at TradeTech FX 2025 on Wednesday.
As the FX market looks to navigate the bifurcation of alternative liquidity coming from main trading venues, such as major electronic communications networks (ECNs), and bilateral liquidity from less standardised venues, experts at TradeTech FX 2025 explored the impact this is having on market structure.
An oxford-style debate on the make-up of the future trader rounded out the TradeTech FX conference in style, wherein a captive audience were forced to question if the future truly is digital.
When it comes to FX options alternative liquidity is being perceived as increasingly natural, agreed expert panellists at the TradeTech FX conference in Amsterdam.
When it comes to the question of algos selection, “more is not necessarily better,” asserted one expert panellist at the TradeTech FX conference.
“One of the big things which I always say to everybody is that an AI model will not go to jail, the CEO will go to jail,” said one panellist.
Market experts advised attendees at The TradeTech FX conference that there is a real opportunity for all industry players to have agenda-setting power when it comes to the global code.
The TRADE’s managing editor Laurie McAughtry and senior reporter Annabel Smith sit down together after a busy two days at TradeTech FX 2022 to discuss the key themes of the event and key challenges facing the industry right now.
In a session on macroeconomic outlook, market commentators discuss the likelihood of a hard landing and a possible recession – with a focus on the impossible dichotomy between monetary and fiscal policy that is placing markets in turmoil.