That is actually the best thing to do if someone is new in trading... to just start with a small amount to try it out and later on if you find it working for you then you can invest more and if you feel you are not able to manage your trades and you are losing the money then just skip it and turn you way.
Trading can never be profitable right after you start it, everyone needs to face ups and downs in a business at first and later on if their business gets wider and they get experience about the things then they start improving their business, that is exactly the case with trading.