Brandson do you have any recommended reading material to analyse the market?
If you're starting out, you might find it helpful to browse charts/ideas people post on tradingview.com for BTC or ETH. There are lots of different techniques out there for chart analysis. See how different people are analyzing things, and then lookup the terms they are using. Try to learn to read what the chart is saying, and avoid trying to force what you hope to see into it. Don't try to learn all of the different metrics and strategies all at once. Start with a few, and get a feel for them, then add more. There are many analytical tools that I still know only very little about.
It's also impossible to do any meaningful analysis using the charts most exchanges provide. You need to use something like tradingview.com or cryptowat.ch. I prefer cryptowatch, showing candlestick log charts, with EMA levels of 10, 21, 50, 100, Bollinger Bands on default, Volume, MACD, StochRSI all on default, and RSI with values of 6, 25. Usually I watch 1H charts by default now, unless there is a fast movement happening, in which case I might switch to 15m. For longer term calls I look at 4H, 6H, 12H, and 1D charts. Over time you will see the same sorts of patterns repeating themselves on shorter and longer time frames.
For some introductory reading, consider:
https://www.investopedia.com/university/charts/
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/movingaverage.asp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candlestick_pattern
http://www.onlinetradingconcepts.com/
For more advanced stuff:
http://stockcharts.com/school/doku.php?id=chart_school:trading_harmonic_patterns
http://stockcharts.com/school/doku....hnical_indicators:relative_strength_index_rsi
But really learning how to trade is impossible until you actually start trading. Looking at historical data is totally different than making a decision in the moment. So I would say either start trading with an inconsequential amount of money to see what you can learn, or trade on paper to see how your trades would have played out.
The psychological aspects of trading should not be underestimated. It is hard to make a call, and then stick with that call while the price goes in the opposite direction initially. You also have to learn how to be patient, and how to recognize when your trade is in fact not working out. And if you make a bad call, it's ok to feel bad, but don't let it destroy you. Try to use it as a learning experience instead.
