The level of work-rate decides this a bit. A newbie that basically focuses on becoming better and better for a whole month could learn so much during that period, and I mean working and not just spending time. I have seen people learn more in 8 hours than some people learn in a year of college education. Which means that if you really put your head into something, study 12-16 hours a day, for a whole month then not only you could learn trading but you could also be on your path to become rich as well. This isn't of course a rule, it depends on each person, some are better at it and some are not.
some people even didnt understand about "working and just spending time" .alot of them maybe only working to spend their time , meanwhile alot knowledge we get if we working and learning in couple hourse we used to. alot hours that we spend daily but it useless when we face the fact on our life. 12 -16 hours was alot time to learn everything, we got best opportunity from this time and set our goal for future as long as we consistent with this learning.