Try risking a little bit of money. Maybe that way you could learn more.
Sorry for my offer but I learned trading the difficult way. Mostly I lose at the first time but as it goes on I got the catch of it and got hooked in a sudden.
The 1st and 2nd one may be bitter but the third and fourth may become the sweetest of all. Won the trade converting it to USD but I learned it should not also be that way.
Try making more bitcoin if you are aiming for it or the altcoin that you prefer.
You should be getting more of that than how it is converted with USD.
Learning by experience is a very effective way to learn but it is also incredibly painful, it is better to try to learn all what you can before you try to become a trader, if people did this I am sure we will not see as many traders making the same mistakes all the time, another factor against trading at this moment is that many choose to invest in altcoins because they want to multiply their bitcoin in a fast way but with altcoins in such a bad shape it is better to wait until things change.