My pleasure, your post sparked a wave of thought, so I figured I'd share ;)
I traded stocks and penny stocks for a few years, so I'm big on chart analysis and watching for certain patterns. I do recommend learning some candlestick patterns - that will help you tremendously! I started learning with the silver spot price charts years ago and the more you look at them, the more they make sense.
You can try looking up your alt coins of choice on http://tradingview.com - I find some great trade setups there from some veteran analysts from time to time.
Trading is a lot of fun if you start small and learn as you go. There's lots of tools available online for trading and researching alt coins, so I'm sure it'll be an exciting endeavor - and hopefully greatly rewarding! Best luck to you, I and the rest of us early adopters 😉