If you're not prepared then don't enter the trading industry in the first place. The industry has so many distractions that noobs usually fall victims to because they we're not prepared which why you have to be prepared before entering. The preparation can come in many ways but the most important has to do with you been able to control your emotions.

Emotions has to be the biggest enemy of a trader because if that's not put in place, it can ruined a trader of all his profit and if there's no precaution measures both the capital and profits can be lost as well.  Next will do with mastering the order options available for your trade.

Knowing how to use the stop loss and take profits options are very important in your preparation.