1: 1000 allows small account holders to get their feet wet on the forex market and learn trading, what makes them good traders is their control over the lot size used also by trade, if they manage money properly then the sky is the limit and I have using 1: 1000 leverage to trade too, I think that just using leverage is the best and I don't think that other leverage can be good for me to use it when I trade in the forex business