It is better not to mess with BTC on an exchange, keep your coins safe in cold storage or hardware wallets. If you must trade with a centralized platform, make sure it is a reputable site with a good reputation and has an established track record, and be sure not to leave your coins there for an extended period of time.
The first thing to do is to become informed about the risks of custodial exchanges. That being said, there are quite a few steps one can take to mitigate these risks. First, only keep funds on an exchange that you're actively trading. Next, set a time limit for yourself for how long you'll let your funds sit there. Finally, make sure you enable 2-factor authentication on your account which will be required to withdraw any funds - a good way to ensure no one gains access to your account if your password is stolen.
More safety when saving fund or Bitcoin assets in cold storage or hardware wallet based on long term investment, but if daily trader earn profit with scalping I think exchange is realistic place for saving assets. Not any guarantee yet with how long some exchange market securing without any issues hack like FTX have been collapse and all user fund gone, but when saving assets in hardware wallet little difficult for sending to exchange in short time, need sync awhile and sending Bitcoin when block confirmation busy and delay we need waiting several hours later for completed.
Keep securing exchange market when saving fund there by using 2fa, email authicator when confirming withdrawing need first confirmed on email, actually email account is first thing have to secure then with exchange data.