If you trade shit coins, you will see yourself losing because they are too volatile. If you gain, you may later lose. Successful traders trade with less than 10 times of their trading funds. If you have $1000 for trading, using $100 makes you understand what trading is. If you use leverage, you are increasing the chance of you losing. Patient traders are more likely to earn.
Shitcoins are very volatile, but even with that, there are many traders who trace shitcoins and still make money from them. Many of them use that opportunity of being volatile to make money, even if the high risk makes them lose much money, but they still take the risk.
You know, it's about how much you use to enter and how you can manage the risk you are taking. Also, be emotionally stable before you trade. However, as you said, patience is very important in trading. A trader must have patience before they can make money from the market.