Trading is not for everyone but it's worth it once you know what you are doing. It totally give you freedom once you go full time and take a better profit than working 9-5 hours almost everyday but just like I said it's not for everyone.
It's worth it when you've failed for so many times but you didn't give up because you know that you'll do better after all of those failures. Only those who give up are the ones that don't see greatness in trading. But, it is debatable that even if you're an aspiring trader and never gives up, there are times that you have to give up because it's the best thing to do. Like when you're tired and exhausted in the market because this is all about the emotions that you're having.
Yeah, it's debatable since there's too much factors why trading is not for everybody hence, not quitting will result to more losses though the cost was great but if someone can endure the losses and learn what they have been doing in the past when trading then it's worth it. But if someone who hasn't had enough funds to support their trading career I think it's best to stop or try a different approach when trading because it depends on someone's strategy.
Yes, it's all about those experiences that a new trader will accumulate. He can treat those losses as a learning experience but the cost depends on how much it is.
He can actually start with little and treats that as the way to learn the market at the expense of that budget he has allocated for his first trades. It doesn't have to be big.
But the matter is to be able to learn and maximize every lesson that he'll have through it.