If you think you can miss eg. 5k. Only buy 2.5 k. In stock, the rest is spare money for drops.
Only buy the ones that you have a good guess for ( happens once in a year).
If you get to 20 k. Congratulations. Now change tactics. Buy stocks that are undervalued and don't buy too much. If it drops pretty hard, buy again. The goal is to reduce your average purchase price.
Hold till you think it's appropriate to sell.
The more money you have, the more you can diversify your portfolio.
Don't use your savings, only what you will never need.
Be prepared to lose it all at the start. And lose up to 75% every 8 years when you begin to slowly diversify your portfolio.
If you don't know what you're doing. Buy an index when it's low/drops. I'm a big fan of the Netherlands.
Ps. Crisis ain't over yet.