An exchange bot, QuietCrypto, or doing nothing

Criterion	QuietCrypto	Exchange bot	Doing nothing
Where your funds sit	In your Bitget or Hyperliquid account, only you can withdraw.	In your account too, but the bot is often given a key with withdrawal rights.	In your account, with no action at all.
Can the key empty the account	No. The key created allows neither withdrawal nor transfer.	Often yes, for ease of setup.	Not applicable.
Do you have to bet on price direction	No. The position is price-neutral, the gain comes from funding.	Yes, most of the time: buy on signal, exit on stop.	No, but no return either.
What it costs	0.25% of capital per month, free below $100. No commission on gains.	Often 0.1 to 0.3% per trade, paid on every round trip.	Nothing, but the capital does not work.
What you can verify	Public logs, yearly results, tracked accounts live.	Varies. Often a curve, rarely the trades.	Nothing to verify.
If something breaks	Every position has a stop from the start. You keep access to your account.	Depends on the service. An open position left unwatched stays open.	No position, no risk.
What can go wrong	Funding can turn negative, one leg can be liquidated.	A run of bad signals, a stop too wide, a badly configured key.	Inflation and the missed opportunity.

An exchange bot can earn more than a carry in a bull market. That is even common. The difference is not the expected return, it is that the bot bets on a direction and the carry does not.

The carry has its own risks: funding turning negative, a short leg liquidated in a violent move, a platform suspending withdrawals. Those risks are detailed on the method page.

Finally, doing nothing is not neutral: idle capital produces nothing, and inflation works against it.