Every platform is aimed to yield profits and trading platform is one of the best platforms to invest and gain turn over.
the platforms (in this case exchanges) are built to give profit to the owner of the platform which is in this case the exchange owner. and YOU don't invest in the platform, you invest in assets that are listed on that platform and the profit purely depends on your skills as a trader not just because you invested in them!
What are the things you would advice a new trader to focus on? How should one go about when beginning his / her trading?
i believe that trading is one of those things that you have to actually start doing to learn it. otherwise theory-crafting about it has no end or yield. and the good news is that when trading cryptocurrencies you can actually begin with a small amount so you would be taking a small risk.