How to be a trader:
1. Buy some btc, via sites like Coinbase[1], Gemini[2], etc depending on your country
2. Send over the BTC to exchanges like Binance[3] and Bitfinex[4]
3. Pick your trading pair(BTC/ETH, BTC/SC, BTC/COSS, etc etc)
4. Trade
Now the actual hard part is how to be a good trader. How do you learn the basics? Read. Hit up Google. There are lots of good free information out there.
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https://coinbase.com/[2]
https://gemini.com/[3]
https://binance.com/[4]
https://bitfinex.com/No. That's not what he needs. OP you need to learn technical analysis.
Yes, you do need to remove your emotions as much as possible and make trades based only on your own strategy. There are plenty of good youtube channels about it. I personally follow this one the most:
Very insightful technical analysis.