...And why would anyone risk everything (in this case $400), on something you never ever tried before?! This is an insane move... and you know you need money for other things, but you decided to go all-in with 0 knowledge about what you are doing... and now the time for crying has come! ..
He could just as well take his money to the casino and lose it. So the point here is not in trade, but in the person himself and his attitude to earnings. Usually such people come back again and to lose their money again, since they do not analyze their losses.
As long they wont make out some realizations then they would really commit mistakes all over again and again which is a very common for a person who do have that gambler like mind which doesnt really fit out on trader career.
Its just normal that we would lose up money but you should really learn from any thing that you do encounter along the way and you should really take good grasps so that you would be aware
on next encounter or face up.
This do takes time and if you are impatient then this thing isnt really for you but rather find out another alternatives which you could seek off.