In real world (offline) to make some money you have to provide some real useful services right? That's how it is online you can't just dive into something you know nothing about, if it's that easy to make money everyone will be a millionaire, I was so afraid of stock because many people around me loses money but I later find out that they don't understand a thing about stock, imagine all of them in same category ( lack of understanding ).
Understand, knowledge, experience on it are roles that basically one should try to fill in before expecting a way to succeed in what a person do. But in my learning of trade I have had some chat with experience, professional and owners of Trading schools, one thing to know is with all those basic roles already filled they can be some not so good Trading day to remember.
Investment too is much like that, it's a D.Y.R -do your research- I think in investments one of those characters/fortification some new to it can have is patient -long term Investment- .