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Does leverage decrease the margin requirement when opening a trade?

If I have a certain balance in my account, when trading with UK100 for example, will having 1:500 leverage reduce my margin requirement for the trade rather than 1:50 leverage? I already know what leverage does but I just want to know if it decrease margin required for a trade

Lower profit compared to signal provider?

I have subscribed to a signal. The latest trade opened today was XAUUSD. The provider opened in 0.03 lot size and made £85 profit. Mine opened in 0.01 lot size and made £2.43. My leverage is the same as my broker (1:400). Am I missing anything else? Why was the profit much lower? Shouldn’t the

HELP - Random positions opening up

Trades keep opening on my account with the description saying it has been opened by the signal provider. When I close it, another instantly opens. However, on the traders mql profile it says last trade was opened 5 hours ago. so why are these random positions opening up so late

Why are the lot sizes in my account different to my signal providers?

I have subscribed to a channel and that provides signals on MQL5, however, when a position is opened, the lot size is 0.01 when the signal providers trades show 0.07 on their trade history

How to set signals to open ONLY 1 trade at a time

I have subscribed to a signal on MQL5, however I want to set it to only open 1 trade at a time. Once the trade hits TP or SL, then it can open another. Is there a way I can do this