exactly that. decide your risk per trade as a small percent of the account and size the position from your stop distance, ignoring the headline leverage entirely. leverage then only determines the maximum you could theoretically open, not what you actually do. traders who size from risk rather than from available leverage barely notice these changes.
this calmed me down a lot, was stressing that my market maker broker was secretly my enemy turns out my position sizing was the enemy. back to the journal.
just checked my brokers register entry and the entity on my contract is NOT the fca one on their homepage absolutely livid. moving my funds this week. thank you for making me look.