leverage is very complicated issue in Forex trading you can be gainer or loser by using leverage , but of course first of all you have to know how to manage risk.
trading on major pairs is very common and safe than others but we the traders sometimes have to trade on others pair to increase trading performance very rapidly.
price action is a most usable professional trading strategy in Forex trading, to be experienced about this trading approach is a long time approach, so newcomers always give up from this approach.
right now i am using micro account where i using my recent trading strategies, sometimes i do losses but this is not much, took so many live trading experiences.
i fail so many times from this trading place but still surviving from there, never quit completely, actually, Forex is like an addiction, no way to quit fully.