Determine how much control, if any, you have over your capital.Which factors should one consider before choosing a crypto trading bot?
Factor 1. Having access to the source code of the so-called "bot" and understanding how it creates signals.
If the bot worked they wouldn't need to sell it.
what is a bigger picture? If all signal sellers and Bot sellers and Trading seminar sellers were so good at it they will make millions by using it! A functional bot like for automation "Tool box" is a different thing and a Black Box Bot /EA marketed as a Magic Bullet is a diff thing !That will never happen with something that works.
Generally yes, but sometimes there is a bigger picture-
Markets are manipulated by exchanges assuming that is true why would anybody in their wisdom trade on such an exchange! no wonder these exchanges are in tinpot jurisdctions!There's another problem with crypto bots. Markets are manipulated by exchanges, specially the ones that are paired to Tether. Markets are not fair to the trader. You develop a bot that works on paper with a great backtest and then you see an uptrend pumped by fake money for months. There's no bot that can handle that kind of manipulation.
Just look at the price of BTC on Binace USD.
https://www.binance.us/spot-trade/btc_usd
And search for the price on Google Finance.
https://www.google.com/finance/quote/BTC-USD
There's no way that a price like that would stay that low on Binance US, arbitrage traders would take advantage of it on any other market. The exchange keep it low to get USD from Americans.
Factor 1. Having access to the source code of the so-called "bot" and understanding how it creates signals.
That will never happen with something that works.