I have been involved in crypto for about 6 months now and I could say I have lost a bit of money by investing in some not so good coins (alts). Up to now I have only been investing and tried to hold them for some time . I haven't tried to day trade yet.
You have lost some money and you started to hodl, that experience is enough for you, I am sure that day trading would be another loss for you because there is not easy gain you should continue to hodl.