When you're a newbie, you have a lot of mental pressure cause you're uncertain and lack experiences so you will make a lot of hasty trading decisions that could lead to losses like entering or exiting way too soon or way too late or just wrong. There are certain ways to do it right. You have to enter at a low price so you can reap profit when it rises and also exit when it peaks or about to head downhill. You don't want to stay in too long when its heading downhill or else you could lose so much more. You should take profit when its time to do so. Also, scalping is very risky for newbie as its harder for you to enter and exit at the time time. But you always want to enter at a price that would yield greater profit later on. Long term trading is less risky for newbie so you can try daily instead of scalping. You should learn to control your fear and study patterns and trends as those will help you gain insight into moving averages and how the market will behave.