Thanks guys but I was hoping for a little handholding not this totally vague generalized advice. I really do know almost nothing about trading. I mean thanks again this is valuable info and I already knew most of what was said but ...

The suggestion to "just pick a coin that you like and trade it" seems not very good to me. I like Monero as a coin because its probably the best private coin out there. But it seems really tight to BTC like most coin, not sure how I could make a profit by trading it.

Where do I for example find news about new upcoming coins or coins that have something groundbreaking coming up that might increase the price. Or just coins with high volume that are good to trade but are actually NOT so closely tied to BTC that I just can make some good guesses they are going back up when I buy them low. Something like that.

There has to be some trade community or something that is not just a scam but actual people who have experience and share their knowledge.