Trading is not a simple skill to master because of the risks involved, which must be taken repeatedly before you can be successful. If you said Trading will be your focus this years, you need to be learning much about it and know the strategic how you will be staking, and you need to know is better you trade with the money you can afford to lose, because Trading is not an investment that you will say he can minimize your risk when you start, I would like you to not focus on one aspect instead, you should be investing so that he can increase your knowledge about different coins. As for me, I believe in investing more than trading because I haven't gained much knowledge about it yet, and I can't say if I start trading I will be profitable, because it is very risky more then investment but if you are lucky you will profitable and change your lifestyle.
The biggest issue is that someone who decides to start learning now, will face the big bull run, and they will want to get in, and if they get in then they may even make some money because it will be the bull run, so it's a good period.
However, if we are talking about a situation where people need to keep learning THAT is the best time because you are also making money. If they stop learning, bear will eventually come and they will lose all that they earned, maybe even more and that would be terrible for them. Fill the bucket when it's raining, but do not let it open, just take advantage of the situation and you should be making money and then keeping it. Then you keep on learning more and more about what you should be doing with it.