Wasn't the Willybot so successful because it used funds for trading that were not really there? So pure manipulation?
Normal trading bots, backed by real bitcoins and money cannot do what Willy did. It will be punished by the other traders relentlessly
Yes, the funds are not there afaik too and what happened was pure manipulation from that bot. Willy or not, there are bots everywhere in the trading scene. It's just that these bots aren't that ambitious like Willy to stress the market and push it hard upwards.