Disliked{quote} Most businesses care for the bottom line. While it is unlikely for a trader to survive very long at an effective leverage of 500:1 the rare accounts which end up with a negative balance shouldn't be such a big problem for the broker because there are a lot of other traders trading bigger volume than they would with less leverage. BTW: very few brokers offer a genuine 500:1 leverage at least not if you calculate the margin call level into it. They use it to calculate the capital requirement for you to allow you to control a certain amount...Ignored
Be hopeful in a winning position, and fearful in a losing position.