For me trading btc/usd pair is more or less the same like trading any of those forex pairs. If you have some experience dealing with forex before, it's pretty much the same. If you don't, then you should start with the basics.
You can try head over to
http://www.babypips.com/schoolOver there you will find topics related to how to observe the patterns, the common terms and terminology including the basics on how to develop trading plan. From there, the rest of skills depends on you learn based on experience.