AI drives 75% of UK finance firms toward automated trading as mobile apps reshape retail investing

Sponsored content: Three-quarters of UK financial firms now use AI in trading, up from 58% in 2022, with 55% of cases involving automated decisions per BoE/FCA data. J.P. Morgan's 2026 survey ranks generative AI as the top influential trading technology for the third straight year. Electronic channels are projected to handle 60% of trades in 2026, rising to 70% in 2027, though MiFID II still requires human oversight for algorithmic orders. For retail traders, mobile apps dominate—89% of Plus500's OTC revenue came via mobile in 2025, and 48% of users are under 35. But an NBER study warns mobile trading correlates with riskier "lottery-like" bets and return chasing. JustMarkets offers MT4, MT5, browser-based WebTerminal, and a mobile app with 1,000+ indicators plus demo accounts for testing automated strategies. Trading Forex and CFDs carries significant risk of capital loss.

With AI and mobile tech reshaping global markets, will Nigerian traders adopt automated tools or stick to manual strategies—and how do you protect against the impulse trades that frictionless apps enable?

SOURCE: https://nairametrics.com/2026/10/26/how-technology-is-changing-the-trading-experience/