If you have some extra cash and ready to learn how to trade, then sure you can try. If you haven't knowledge about trading, then I suggest you learn about risk management. you should have a strategy in trading, know when to enter, what to expect and how to earn on it.
I doubt thats absolutely a bad idea. The OP might end up lossing a lot of funds. There are trading platforms out there that offers free trading practice using tokens that has yet to have any value in the market. That way, he will learn the basics on how to properly observe the market trend.