Short answer: Treat a Telegram trading bot as a hot wallet: use a fresh wallet with limited funds, never import your main one, open the bot only from the official website link, enable Telegram two-step verification, and withdraw profits regularly.
Why this is a different risk
Many Telegram trading bots create a wallet for you or let you import one, and the keys live behind the bot’s interface. That is convenient for fast trades, but it ties the safety of your funds to the security of the bot and of your Telegram account.
The most common losses are not clever hacks. They are fake clones, phishing messages and account takeovers.
The checklist
Open the bot from the official website’s link and compare the handle character by character. Use a fresh wallet and fund it with a limited amount. Never import the wallet that holds your long-term assets. Turn on two-step verification in Telegram and check the active sessions list. Do not respond to direct messages from supposed support staff, who will never need your keys.
Withdraw profits to a wallet you control on a schedule, so the hot wallet never holds more than the working capital.
Expect a captcha, not a key request
A legitimate first start may ask you to solve a captcha by replying to the message, but it should not ask for a seed phrase just to begin. Any prompt that asks for your keys before you have chosen to import a wallet is a red flag.