I agree. And when a newbie starts trading, he should start with a very small amount, let's say $100 or $200, The gains are not important, but experience will teach him/her a lot of things.
In order to start your carrier in the world of trading, the first and the foremost thing which you need to do is to get some good amount of money which you can then invest in trading. Other than this, you need to learn enough things which can help you in making better decisions in trading. At the beginning, you need to invest small amount of money as there are greater chances of loss of money.
Money should even come second since you will need few to practice what you have learned anyway. Learning is very important and I will never stop saying that until I start seeing people most especially in this community seeing trading as something extremely serious that requires a great deal of learning. After that, you can test your knowledge with small, get better and then see how you can increase from there.