It takes a long time to learn trading, but more and more people are jumping for BTC or Alcoin trading.
The only thing is that trading can be the worst source of losses too... when one reads such topics it seems like trading is something one can learn quite easily like obtaining other skills - but it is completely another story
And for newbies especially, it's more like gambling.
How is trading different from other skills like using an chainsaw to chop down a tree? When a newbie use a chainsaw and he's not strong enough to hold one, he can end up getting cut by it. Worst, he can die from it. All skills are risky at first. There are skills, though, that don't involve much risk like learning how to read, learning how to write, learning how to edit videos, etc.
In the chainsaw story, you are risking yourself getting cut. In trading, you're risking losing money. I think that in both stories, enough training and experience is the key. I mean.. If you don't hold a chainsaw if you don't know anything about it, then you shouldn't be holding trading as well until you finally fully understand it.
Like what most of my friends are saying about trading, "If you don't know it, don't do it."