Well I had assumed that he had at least demo traded before trying this to understand the basics.. My comment was that it is not the same as trading with real money. The school of hard knocks is the Harvard of trading schools. The crushing weight of real world defeat is a very powerful motivator to be the best you can be. The harsh reality of the situation is that in live trading you will take profit too early, stop yourself prematurely and your master plan you created with your demo account suddenly seems to be failing. There's a whole new set of problems you need to overcome with live trading.
I had early success by nesting spot with buy and sell stops and being awake for major news events. This is an easy one to practice with a demo account. It's a bit trickier than you think because cross action can cause wild volatility and you can get stopped out, but it has the potential to rapidly continue on in your favor for hundreds of pips or more depending on the level of importance of the news.
I'd also learn about fibonacci retracement levels as well because they work very well as entry points and take profit points, and are easy to use. A bounce/break off/through a fib level can be pure magic to trade.