Now you lneed to learn basics of trading and gamble with money which you can afford to lose.Later try investing with little bucks 
Losing money in this scenario which is being told can be a threat to those who dont understand the Bitcoin concept. They must be treating the BTC as a commodity not as a currency. Even if someone is not ready to accept it as money there still is no chance to lose. If you think that you converted your fiat to the BTC and it will then be converting in the fewer amounts with which it was purchased. Your judgement is not accurate then.