There are some rules to follow when trading on margin.


- Be ready to lose your money, otherwise you will panic when you see a negative PNL on your account
- Use an exchange with a deep order book
- Trade coins with high liquidity
- Know how to use different order types, stop loss, trailing stop, hidden, OCO and OSO etc.
- Understand a bit market structure, understand that trading fees can make the difference between a gain and a loss
- Learn how to read a chart.

You can go practice a bit on https://sifr.com/ with test money.