You will need a good investment plan, of course, and it's required to be aware that the cryptocurrency market, even the btc-usd market, is still considerably volatile and pretty risky.
Being volatile is not considered a that big risk in trading as that is the reason why people earn profits in trading, what will you get if you are trading a coin and it is stable? Nothing, but if you are trading a coin and it moves up and down that will generate profits for you.