Learning to read is important because for you to become a good trader, you have to be reading books that are written by professionals in this sector.
It is quite difficult to actually get into that mindset in most of the situations. I would hesitate to say that trading is a simply done thing, not the act itself but the idea of becoming a trader is not something that is easily done. This is why I believe that there are so many complications and so many losses in trading by so many people. If we look at it from just the trading itself approach, there is really nothing that too complicated that would make it difficult.
However, if we look at it from the becoming trader part then we realize that it is not really that easy and it becomes a big challenge in the long run and that is why I believe that we should be more careful about becoming a trader and focus on that part instead of just how to trade part, since the first one is a lot harder. Obviously, it could be both done but first is still a lot harder.