Is high-leverage trading really a shortcut for ordinary people to change their fate?

Last week, I met a new client who was trading gold. I asked him why he chose this path.He said it might be the only investment he could start with a small amount of capital.

As an ordinary person, he didn't have enough capital to participate in the stock market, and he felt that many high-yield opportunities had already been taken by those with more funds and resources.Therefore, in his view, high-leverage gold trading seemed like a "lower barrier to entry."

But the real question behind this is: With the barrier lowered, has the risk also been amplified? btw, I also want to know, does anyone really profit from high leverage?