Thank for sharing your experience.
This looks like more of forex than crypto trading.
No, It doesn't look like Forex, it's Forex trading going by his explanation. This is even more risky than crypto trading from my personal experience thou.
Learn how to use SL (stop loos) Important
Learn how to set TP (Take profit) Important
Learn how to manage your balance
Learn how LOT works
A trader that already created accounts on brokers and started using MetaTrader should already know about these already. Seeing your topic title, I was expecting a detailed explanation on the basics of trading for beginners but what I see here is not for a total beginner. These are the basics every potential trader is expected to be familiar with even before they have account to start trading.
There are many people who made money from trading and there are a lot who lost money too by being greedy or lack of knowledge
At the end, we have more losers than people who make money from trading. Learn and trade for experience and not focus on people making it from trading because you're likely to lose concentration.