-Do you have a degree in commerce ?
[jokes apart]

Although no degree or formal education is needed to start trading but some basic knowledge of the market is always useful.Stuff like 'margins','break-even',etc I have only seen people who're good at share markets equally better at bitcoin trading.That could be totally subjective though!
-Stop investing in markerts before you study about them.
-Invest only what you can afford to loose.
-Understand statistics and graph charts.
About altcoins : let's not talk about them right now.