if you want to learn how to trade then start NOW

[yndye]

This is the advice I took a few weeks back, and it's been a good experience.  Just take a bit of whatever bag you hold and start to move it around.  I've primarily been buying/selling the same coin (RVN/BTC), but have gone between LTC as well to trade out of exchanges (as BTC fees are usually much higher).  Good luck and just remember you have to start somewhere!

You just need to start trading and stop procrastinating and dreaming of having good profits. We all start somewhere and for those people who are always advising to just invest because it is risky to trade then they should at least try right? When you are too afraid to get out of your comfort zone then you will not be able to discover the other talents that you have that may bring you to being financially free. Just explore and do not be afraid to lose because in losing, you will gained lessons to be profitable in the future if you learn from it.

[Sanchezino40]

If you want to be perfect at what you do, you must take your time and study it very well. Be well versed in it. Learning how to trade no will be very useful to you in the future. As they say, no knowledge is waste. Be proud of yourself

[arpon11]

i always say that the best way of learning "how to trade" is to start doing it yourself. you won't learn anything by following others, reading stuff online and doing nothing. you have to get your hands dirty.
one of the good things about cryptocurrency market is that the exchanges allow you to start trading with a small amount. there are even exchanges out there that allow orders as small as 0.00001000BTC which is about 6 US cents! you can invest about $10 and start your trading journey and gain experience.

so why NOW is the best time?
it is the best time because prices are falling and there isn't any pumps going on in the altcoin market. for instance if you have started trading last year, if you closed your eye and chose an altcoin to invest in then no matter what you chose it would have gone up and you would have made profit. but that doesn't make you an expert. instead it gives you a false sense of being an expert which will be more harmful in the long run when the  dumps come (you can see how many people are currently crying about it on bitcointalk and telling everyone how they should have "patience" which is a big mistake).

BUT if you start now, you have to make good decisions otherwise you lose money. so you learn the most important lesson and that is decision making for example in choosing the right entry point and the right exit point.
and if you make the wrong mistake there is no safety net (pump) to cover your ass. which is why you will be forced to learn. and that can help you in the long run.

and know this: even in this dropping market you can still make profit

I think bitcoin has provided an opportunity For us to makes money by provide us with opportunities to invest now.  During the bearish market one thing that we need to do is to invest and wait until price go up.  Trading cryptocurrencies is good to invest if you know how the market work and be patience.