That's right. When you choose a smaller leverage when trading the forex market, you tend to last longer and your profits might also not be as big as when you had used bigger leverage, but your account would last you longer as a beginner and not get quickly blownWhile learning forex trading, we were advised to invest an initial $10, which is a first step, you invest this amount in case you loose the investment it would not hurt much.
For leverage you are advised to use 1:100, this is because even if the profit will be small losses are also minimal, moreover it is still in the learning process.