12 Apr 2026 Daniel Mercer5 min
Why 2026 is the year retail AI trading goes mainstream
A confluence of cheap inference, regulator clarity and platform consolidation is dragging AI trading out of the niche and into ordinary brokerage accounts.
Regulators, platforms, scams and strategy — written for retail investors who want signal, not noise.
Signal · Not noise
Independent analysis of the trends shaping AI-assisted retail trading.
A confluence of cheap inference, regulator clarity and platform consolidation is dragging AI trading out of the niche and into ordinary brokerage accounts.
A short, jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction tour of how the major regulators are framing AI features in retail trading — and where the rules still have gaps.
Five plain-English questions that separate trustworthy AI trading platforms from the rest. Save this list, and use it before you ever fund an account.