Of course the thing to remember about trading, is that, unless you are good at it, you can actually lose a lot of money even in a bull market. Especially a Gold Bull Market.
I personally don't know whether I would be good at it or bad because I have never tried.
What I do know is, if you identify a bull market and invest accordingly in a spread of related investments related to that particular bull market, you will make a lot of money and sleep at night.
With minimal monitoring requirements!