Most people just learn the basic of trading which is just executing trade, but this isn't enough to be a successful margin trader if not you keep loosing funds, you have to learn about chart patterns, know how to analyze trade, know how to read candles. With this knowledge of technical analysis you could actually know when to enter and leave the market, like it's said no one can actually know the direction of the market! I might be new but with my studies I can say technically analysis could help to predict the market to an extent. Trading futures without knowledge of technical analysis is just like gambling because you don't know the next movement your just trading based on luck
Yes I agree that we must have a proper knowledge if we want to become a trader. Based on my personal experience wherein I just try to buy anytime I want, wait for the price to rise but instead of what I am expecting, it keeps going down. There is still a right timing for us to buy. One problem is just how to determine at which exact point is the right timing to buy and sell so it must be included on our research. Knowing your target is also important. It may seem that it is very easy to earn big money in trading but it isn't. Time and effort is what we really need to be able to determine how did this trading really works.