For me it is a dumb thing to enter a market and start to trade without knowing a structural things about how it actualy operates, so patience and researches!
Even the most patient, knowledgeable and intelligent person in the world might go wrong with cryptocurrency.
Sometimes no amount of technical knowledge can help you to predict some of the market shifts - most ICO trading is like this.
Every ICO is promising amazing gains and ROI - in the past, even some highly famous project turned out to be 'not that good' (to say lightly).
I fully agree with this statement. In my opinion, you should start learning about crypto, visiting reliable sources and start your experience. Learn by doing is probably the very best option available, important is not to gamble too much with speculation.