Are gold trading bots profitable?

Some rule sets work for a period. Most retail gold bots are grid or martingale systems that look excellent while gold ranges and fail catastrophically in one sustained directional week.

What should I ask before buying a gold bot?

Maximum adverse excursion in dollars per ounce, whether it averages into losers, its behaviour around CPI and NFP, and a full trade-by-trade ledger rather than an equity curve image.

Is following a gold signal safer than running a bot?

It gives you more control, since you can decline a setup and you always size it yourself. It is not automatically safer — poor sizing on a followed signal loses money just as fast.

GOLD SIGNALS VS GOLD BOTS

A gold signal publishes an entry, invalidation and target for you to act on, while a gold bot takes the decision and the position automatically, including at rollover and around macro releases.

Retail XAUUSD bots frequently hide grid or martingale behaviour that survives ranging gold and fails in one directional week, so ask for maximum adverse excursion in dollars per ounce and a full trade ledger.