There is a saying to invest what you can afford to lose in the trading markets so money management is important in considering while preserve your actual capital.
Gold is an event driven asset so can change it direction with any news around the globe however still tradable since it is already above it all time highs.
There is a long list of forex brokers so we need to shortlist regulated brokers and then reputed ones to go with because the right broker will leads us to make money and withdraw it once we earn it.
Leverage can be a powerful tool so we need to learn how to use if effectively since it can also lead to losses when the market conditions are uncertain or we are opposite to the trade we took with high leverage.