That’s exactly why I’ve learned to treat leverage like fire. It can cook your food or burn down the house. I went through a very similar ride when I experimented with 1:100 on a demo and then later with real money. What caught me was not the initial moves but how quickly emotions take over. When you see your account jump 20% in minutes, it’s almost impossible not to get addicted. But then the swings the other way come even faster. I came across https://medium.com/@rul.a/i-tried-trading-with-1-100-leverage-this-is-how-it-went-7d19caef171e a while back, and it nailed exactly how it feels. What I picked up from that experience (and from my own mistakes) is the need to size positions ridiculously small. If I trade with 1:100 leverage, I only risk 0.5% or less of my balance, otherwise it’s just gambling with adrenaline. Another trick that helped me was trading only during hours when I could actively watch the chart, so I don’t get wrecked by overnight surprises. And honestly, I started seeing leverage as just a tool to open smaller trades with less capital tied up. When I flip my mindset like that, it doesn’t feel like some magic ticket to riches but just flexibility. If someone’s new, my advice is always to treat high leverage accounts like a racing car — test it on a safe track before taking it onto the highway.