I posted something earlier (in this thread) about being new to this arena. I think there are a lot of people in your same situation (including me). I held my first coins for all of 15 min, traded, and put back into something else (no idea what I was doing).
Slowly starting to see how things move but very much a novice.
Best advice I have seen on many posts is to do your own research and bounce ideas off of forums like this one.