AI in trading: where we are now and what comes next?
PepperstoneSteven Hatzakis from ForexBrokers.com catches up with our very own Chris Weston to talk about where we are with AI in trading right now, and what we can expect to come around sooner rather than later. This conversation was recorded on 20 Aug 2026. 00:00 Highlights 00:43 Introductions: Chris Weston & Steven Hatzakis 02:03 Institutional vs. retail: how AI trading really differs 04:10 Why AI coding used to be so painful 05:04 MCP, metaprompting & the AI tooling evolution 08:30 Building a multi-layered AI trading dashboard 09:29 Forecasting the trading day like a hedge fund 11:19 Behavioural analytics: AI as your trading copilot 14:24 Your phone will know before you make a bad trade 15:51 Imagination, data & prompting: AI's three pillars 17:40 AI meets crypto: x402, perpetuals & Hyperliquid 21:45 Getting started with AI: practical advice 24:23 Jensen Huang's prompting prophecy & closing thoughts This content is not intended for a UK audience. Please visit our Pepperstone U.K. channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk5HwBByE4VRj03__6iHgCA 🤝 Switch to Pepperstone. Sign up for a live trading account: https://bit.ly/Switch2Pepperstone 🐦Follow us on X/Twitter to keep up to date with market news, access expert commentary, analysis and more from our global market analysts: https://twitter.com/PepperstoneFX 👉 Subscribe to Chris Weston's Daily Fix newsletter: https://cloud.go.pepperstone.com/join-daily-fix The material provided here has not been prepared in accordance with legal requirements designed to promote the independence of investment research and as such is considered to be a marketing communication. Whilst it is not subject to any prohibition on dealing ahead of the dissemination of investment research we will not seek to take any advantage before providing it to our clients. Pepperstone doesn’t represent that the material provided here is accurate, current or complete, and therefore shouldn’t be relied upon as such. The information, whether from a third party or not, isn’t to be considered as a recommendation; or an offer to buy or sell; or the solicitation of an offer to buy or sell any security, financial product or instrument; or to participate in any particular trading strategy. It does not take into account readers’ financial situation or investment objectives. We advise any readers of this content to seek their own advice. Without the approval of Pepperstone, reproduction or redistribution of this information isn’t permitted. #fx #ai #aitrading #trading #CFDs