Disliked{quote} Some brokers aimed their product at people who weren't suitable.......OK Who do the tobacco companies aim at? Folks who are suitable for smoking, i.e it won't kill them Casinos? Lottery? I mean we can go on and on and on here. you are just plain wrong and trying to spin it to fit whatever agenda you are touting here...... Put a warning on a pack of smokes but I can still smoke as many as I can afford.......OK, put a warning on trading (they already have) and let me trade what and how I wish. Once again, I can trade $5/point on the S&P futures...Ignored
However, I believe in Europe that the limitations of retail leverage of up to 30x is more than enough in the hands of people who don't know what they're doing. Long-term, professional traders who manage their risk don't need more leverage than that. No different from a casino machine that has limited maximum stakes. Play as much as you want within the allowed, betting regulation range (same as CFD trading).
A balance between being able to trade the products whilst not letting the brokers act in a predatory way.
The prop world of 100k notional value demo accounts with 100/1 leverage has given people a skewed perspective of realistic buying power.