As a newbie, you will end up losing almost all that you have before you even know it. The best is to learn some indicators that can help you with trend following, whether it is long term or short term and gradually and consistently keep getting profit on whatever you have. At least, with that, you will not end up getting too emotional, you will have a strategy and then stick to it. I will advise you learn the use of MAs, MACD, PARABOLIC SAR and RSI for trend following pattern