yep i agree trade small like i am doing in forex...lunch money... 5usd 10usd. Do not focus on money...focus on learning and playing the game well; it is the greatest, most satisfying game in the world, because you are surviving against a monster known, as the market. And, make no mistake, it is a game where only the fittest survive
you said it 'they get scared because of lack of knowledge' or more correctly, lack of understanding: If you meet somebody,who is holding a knife in this hand,and talking in Chinese a language you do not understand, you are going to be terrified. He may be just asking if the knife is yours or if you want to buy it !!!
Trading is like cooking- you have to learn all the ingredients but even after that you do not make tasty dishes. It is practicing and practicing to get the proportion of ingredients correct. It took me 4 years to learn and i had to throw, what i cooked. in the dist bin scores of times
Paper does not lie. Wannabe traders do. Mostly to themselves. If one needs a market to tell him the truth, then he is in a wrong business anyway.