Hi,
If theres no view placed on the layout and you use it as a trace reference in the view, the layout will be placed to the centre of your view (centre in relation to all the elements placed in view) regardless of its scale and origin.
Key to note is, layout as trace reference will only match to your view only when you place a view on the layout.
If you are simply testing the view layout placement, try to place them directly in the layout instead of using trace reference.
I hope it helps