I am like you, fairly new, and learning the ropes of cryptos. The way I am approaching it is to build out a portfolio of different cryptos with the base currency being Bitcoin. This is similar to how I have built out my other speculative portfolios, especially in junior miners. I have found this approach a better way to manage my risk. I think the swings I have seen in that portfolio the last 18 months have help be better tolerate risk and will hopefully translate somewhat to cryptos.

I am currently looking at Steem, Factom, and waiting for Ethereum to pull back a bit.

Also, thanks for website, I'll definitely add that to my bookmarks.