First thing first , avoid ICO's.

2- Learn the basic for reading charts ( Support and Resistance Lines/Trends ) they are all you need, do not panic with all the worthless indicators out there.

3- read about the coin before investing in it. check out their road map, the team behind it .

4- can't stress how important this is ( ALWAYS USE A STOP LOSS ) that is not greater than 50% of what you aiming for ( if your target is 10 cents then your SL =< 5 cents ) any trade that doesn't have at least 1:2 risk/reward ratio as a bad trade regardless of the result