High leverage has the good return but with high risk, so you have to manage your trading plan according to it. Otherwise, you can lose your money.
Some new traders loose money in forex trading and then looses even more while chasing that lost money so better to let go these losses and second stick to a proper trade management plan.
As others have said, but perhaps not too clearly; it's in your own benefit to obtain the highest maximum leverage possible on an account. This reduces the margin required for opening a trade and leaves more 'available margin' for disposal. At the end of the day, as long as you understand the difference between: 1. Maximum Leverage Available on Account 2. Actual Leverage used on a Trade You're going to be at the very least facing the right direction... To many new traders open accounts with, say 1:100 leverage and assume that each trade is therefore using 1:100 leverage - we've all seen the posts