Marian Median
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Leverage, which represents a margin trading ratio, enables traders to borrow a certain amount of money that allows them to trade in much bigger deals. Moreover, leverage allows one to trade using more money than they have in their account. Therefore, you “leverage” your account’s balance to place a bigger trade. Currency rates move very slowly. This makes small trades unfashionable as they only return small profits and losses for every pip rate changes. Therefore, leveraging helps one to trade in larger deals hence amplifying their potential profits and losses.