Can't blame starters to get scared about the current condition of bitcoin since no one like to see how the market move in negative direction but they should know that there are some ways that can make them avoid losses and that is.

In my opinion this is the few best things that need to consider.

Hodl since the only thing they lose is the $ and not the volume bitcoins still 1:1 ratio so this is best to do.

Decision making is also critical since we need to see each situation will occur and if we rush to decide without even thinking the whole point for sure we can lose our funds on simple mistake.

Fund management if they can able to grab for another funds they can set aside their funds experiencing some down turn and use an extra money to play with the market again and earn.

Proper researching by checking data's and news since this is helpful for us to learn.