Don't start with futures trading if you are new to the trading world. With futures you are increasing your risk considerably and it could be that your position gets wiped out very quickly. Sticking first only to the spot market is much easier to make profits, even if those profits are going to be smaller than what you could have made with futures. As long as you directly own the underlying asset itself you are not at risk to lose all your funds in a few seconds. Something like that only happens when you trade high assets like options, futures, CFDs, etc. or in gambling. Without any prior experience or knowledge of trading, the first step should always be to learn as much as possible about trading. But this is only going to get you so far, you need to get real trading experience to get better at it. For that I would recommend you start very small and spread your money out across multiple projects. Like that you will get the most experience from your money. If you are losing in trade, don't immediately just sell your position again to realise the loss. Make sure you understand where the loss is coming from. Is just a general market decline? Or is something wrong with the project itself? Did you make a mistake in your initial research? Maybe it was just a bad week for the whole crypto markets, and your investment is going to turn around when the markets rise again.