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: AI in Energy Trading: How Algorithmic Trading Optimizes Your Trading Processes

The dynamic and competitive electricity market requires efficient and intelligent technologies to meet the increasingly complex challenges of energy trading. This is where AI-powered algorithms come in.

With algorithm's ability to efficiently analyze large amounts of data, react to market conditions in real time, and make complex decisions for optimal trades, process automation using AI algorithms is becoming increasingly important.

Artificial Intelligence meets energy trading

The use of AI technology in the energy sector offers numerous advantages and plays a crucial role in the transition to a renewable energy system. 

The main advantages lie in:

  • Planning of distribution network infrastructures
  • Optimization of power plants and generation facilities, including renewable energy
  • Support and optimization of trading decisions
  • Control of smart grids.

Due to the increasing share of volatile power generation from wind and solar, algo trading is more important than ever, especially in short-term power trading. Traders would find it extremely challenging to manage all activities without the use of advanced algorithms that can monitor and analyze trading activities themselves. 

Due to the increasing share of volatile power generation from wind and solar, algo trading is more important than ever, especially in short-term power trading. Traders would find it extremely challenging to manage all activities without the use of advanced algorithms that can monitor and analyze trading activities themselves. 

Algorithmic trading in energy trading.
Algorithmic trading in energy trading.

Automated processes through AI enable efficient and accurate management of energy flows adapting to volatile energy production and balancing consumption and generation in minutes.  With intelligent trading algorithms, energy traders can be relieved of the burden of daily trading decisions, increase their competitiveness, and thrive in a dynamic market environment.

Algorithmic trading offers many benefits to traders:

  • Increased efficiency through price-optimized trading decisions 
  • Save time by allowing intuitive parameterization of the trading strategy
  • Automation of trading activities 
  • Optimizing trading decisions by analyzing market conditions
  • Risk management through clearly defined decision guidelines

AI-based trading support for the intraday market

The new algorithm-based module Qualicision Smart Day Trader for trading on the intraday market has been developed as a supplement to the integrated trading and sales system PSImarket. It complements the existing workflow in short-term trading by offering the increasingly important option of balancing open positions via the market until shortly before the start of delivery, thus saving both expensive balancing energy costs and marketing generation capacities completely and profitably.

This proven PSI system stands for qualified decision support in the optimization of business processes. Conflicting trading objectives are evaluated, balanced and resolved in real time based on easy-to-understand Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

Traders can combine and prioritize these KPIs according to their market assessments via an optimized parameterization interface. This provides the trader with an extremely powerful and innovative intraday market management solution that requires no programming knowledge.

The complete integration of the module into the existing module landscape of PSImarket as well as the use of the proven functionalities for the determination of structured residual positions and the flexible contract management for modeling are also included.

As an all-in-one solution for the entire intraday trading process, it provides traders with a reliable tool to successfully implement trading strategies and trade effectively.

The main functionalities of the module

  • Setting the trading strategy via an intuitive interface with KPI scroll bars
  • Visualization of fundamentals and trading decisions
  • Display of trading results in real time
  • On-demand visualization of historical trading sessions to evaluate KPI settings
  • Visualization of current market prices and statistical results

More efficient and profitable algo trading

We are already seeing a transition from manual to fully automated trading. The use of AI-based algorithms plays an important role in this transition due to their speed and efficiency. Because decisions are made automatically and without human intervention, trades can be executed in fractions of a second, creating potential profit opportunities that would be difficult or impossible for human traders to capture.

Therefore, only energy traders who use AI-powered algorithms in their trading activities will always be one step ahead.

Overall, algo-trading has the potential to make the trading process more efficient and profitable. It provides access to fast trading opportunities while eliminating human error. However, it is important to be aware of the challenges and build a solid knowledge base in order to achieve the best results.

Automated processes through AI enable efficient and accurate management of energy flows, adapting to volatile energy production and balancing consumption and generation in minutes. With intelligent trading algorithms, energy traders can be relieved of the burden of daily trading decisions, increase their competitiveness, and thrive in a dynamic market environment.

Algorithmic trading offers many benefits to traders:

  • Increased efficiency through price-optimized trading decisions 
  • Save time by allowing intuitive parameterization of the trading strategy
  • Automation of trading activities 
  • Optimizing trading decisions by analyzing market conditions
  • Risk management through clearly defined decision guidelines

AI-based trading support for the intraday market

The new algorithm-based module Qualicision Smart Day Trader for trading on the intraday market has been developed as a supplement to the integrated trading and sales system PSImarket. It complements the existing workflow in short-term trading by offering the increasingly important option of balancing open positions via the market until shortly before the start of delivery, thus saving both expensive balancing energy costs and marketing generation capacities completely and profitably.

This proven PSI system stands for qualified decision support in the optimization of business processes. Conflicting trading objectives are evaluated, balanced and resolved in real time based on easy-to-understand Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

Traders can combine and prioritize these KPIs according to their market assessments via an optimized parameterization interface. This provides the trader with an extremely powerful and innovative intraday market management solution that requires no programming knowledge.

The complete integration of the module into the existing module landscape of PSImarket as well as the use of the proven functionalities for the determination of structured residual positions and the flexible contract management for modeling are also included.

As an all-in-one solution for the entire intraday trading process, it provides traders with a reliable tool to successfully implement trading strategies and trade effectively.

The main functionalities of the module

  • Setting the trading strategy via an intuitive interface with KPI scroll bars
  • Visualization of fundamentals and trading decisions
  • Display of trading results in real time
  • On-demand visualization of historical trading sessions to evaluate KPI settings
  • Visualization of current market prices and statistical results

More efficient and profitable algo trading

We are already seeing a transition from manual to fully automated trading. The use of AI-based algorithms plays an important role in this transition due to their speed and efficiency. Because decisions are made automatically and without human intervention, trades can be executed in fractions of a second, creating potential profit opportunities that would be difficult or impossible for human traders to capture.

Therefore, only energy traders who use AI-powered algorithms in their trading activities will always be one step ahead.

Overall, algo-trading has the potential to make the trading process more efficient and profitable. It provides access to fast trading opportunities while eliminating human error. However, it is important to be aware of the challenges and build a solid knowledge base in order to achieve the best results.

Optimize your trading processes with Algo-Trading.

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Peter Bachmann Strategic Product Manager, Senior Consultant, PSI Energy Markets

Peter Bachmann has been working for PSI in various areas since 1998. His current focus is on observing and analyzing market requirements in order to derive specifications for the further development of the PSImarket trading system. Due to his many years of experience in energy trading, he also provides support with acquisitions and the implementation of projects.

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