Many people get into trading just because others do it and without any actual knowledge about it , or proper training and then lose their money, that's we always hear the same numbers, 97% of the traders lose and only 3% succeed from it.
When you get into anything, not just trading anything new, you have to know the background of it and a proper knowledge, willing to learn and keep learning, if you can do that, you actually can become a successful trader, Learn from every source you can and do a lot of demo trading to build confidence and keep winning.