While working in this industry for myself, I realized that manually the results can be many times better. For this reason, I just try not to use bots for work.
If that's what you do for a living, I think there's nothing wrong with that. If it makes you improve yourself with trading with the use of a trading bot, why not?
I am not an active trader and a trading bot user, but people need to know that trading bots are just a tool that still requires you to have an actual trading plan that you follow religiously.
Suppose you do not have any idea what you are doing. In that case, deciding to use a bot could do more harm than good because, in the first place, it isn't about knowing the bot's functionality alone but rather knowing how and when to effectively use it with respect to your trading plan.
You are definitely right that you need to know a little bit about it. Bots can be a tool to improve and accelerate your learning with trading.
Trading bots will not guarantee you a successful trade all the time, else everyone will be using bots. Also you do not need to get too relaxed using trading bots because you are unaware the day it will cause you a big loss. Also over dependence on bots can take out the fun in the trading and turn the trader into a trader who doesn't advance or grow. You can use bots, but avoid the danger of becoming too accustomed to them.
I think it would depend on how you set it because if you know the limits of your personal trading, like how much loss you are willing to take, it is easily programmed in the bot.
I personally don't have any experience with bots as I think it's time consuming to have one works or it's just a hassle in my opinion especially setting it up. It may eliminate the behavior towards trading especially the emotions but with market right now that's is not in good condition and volatility could spike in any moment I don't know if there's really a profitable one.
It's not going to be time-consuming if you are able to set it up for a moment. For sure you need to set it depending on the market condition but once you are done with that, I think it's possible to not configure it for a while.
Expectation: you purchase a bot, you turn it on, and you make profit forever while relaxing at the beach in the Bahamas
Reality: trading bots (at least the long-term successful ones) are used by active traders to automate some of the trades, and is constantly updated to fit the traders' needs
I agree. Continuous development is the key to adjusting to the current market conditions.
The problem is that most of the bots are not genuine and were built just to scam traders using them and causing them more losses. Finding a legit bot is difficult as telling btc price in the next minute. So in my opinion, you should learn to use your human knowledge and capacity to trade and gain exciting experience than relying on a bot with your hard earned money.
I think it's easy to see who has an actual working bot and see that it works. Don't believe in bots that promise returns but see something that actually works and has a community behind it.