There is just one risk, it`s losing money. But have it in mind that you can`t lose everything you invested if you trade with top coins, they will never drop to zero, so you can sell what is left and have some money back, in the end, if you decide to quit after some time. Don`t be afraid to try it, even with some risks I think everyone can afford to lose some money, $10 or $100, what you can afford to lose.
Yes, the risk to be consider in trading is been slaughter and invest or trading top coins on capital market are still safer as you said but it doesn't mean an investors or traders won't loose everything if he's impatience which is what happened to some inexperienced crypto traders last year.
It will be based on the situation that decision is changed every time if we had not confident our trading then don't take any risk which is the safe way also and if we not taken the risk in sometimes then it is also giving the bad feeling after the development that's why I think everything has the problem filled with that we need to cross based on the situation.
that's why confidence is the most important thing, because if we already have a strong mentality then every risk will be dealt with wisely. trading is not always about a profit, because to achieve a good profit it will not be easy, therefore a strategy and experience in this case can be a consideration for every risk that will be faced
Knowledge is the most important thing buddy for you can tell a newbie who sees crypto as a fraud to have confidence in crypto market and this was also the reason some governments/institutions don't support crypto because they lack the knowledge to understand the advantage of cryptocurrency.