Is foreign exchange trading safer than buying stocks?

Firstly I would suggest you learn what forex trading really is. I wouldn't depend on this as even the greatest investment fund managers avoid it, it is just too unpredictable. You are aware you can lose your entire trade within seconds, right? Stocks are never a sure bet but there are some you can assess and are fairly confident will do well and move forward. The first rule in investing is invest only what you can afford to lose. Best of luck

I have dabbled with both and in my experience, forex is more riskier than buying stocks even if forex is somewhat more prevalent and more highly advised by "experts" than buying stocks. I will give you a short example how risky forex are. For example you invest lets say 400 php to buy $10(conversion is $1:40php) In just one day, that conversion might go up and down depending on the market. If it goes up by $1: 41php then all you gain is 10php but if that goes down, you will lose 10php which is almost 10% of what you have invested and this is just by one point and most currencies are highly volatile which means that you would need to wait for a good month or so just to know if you lost your investment or earn a little. Forex is gain money fast or lose money fast which is more like gambling and not really investing. 10% lost investment on good stocks will never happen and most stocks tend to evaluate in time. If you would go with stocks, I would advise you to invest on US companies because there are always stocks to go around from young companies which is not the case in our local stock exchange if you are just a small time stock buyer.

I think you have that in the reverse. It is more riskier to trade in Forex than in buying stocks. Although both has risk attached to it but then I guess you need to weigh things are. Most are saying that Forex if done correctly could earn you more money than Stock Trading. But then if you trade incorrectly could wipe your money out in just one day. With Stock trading you need to invest in a slow manner where you have to wait patiently before you can really earn. There is a way to earn using averaging method, but that is for a long term investing. While in forex is a very fast trading you need fast decision and with that you can earn fast or lost fast.

Yes, these are investments that are as safe as stock investment not safer or riskier than it; so long as you know full well what you are doing and know the limitation you have. If you want to win, you just have to play.

I hope we can invest in this business...

Foreign exchange trading (FOREX) is no different than buying stocks or bonds in the market. It is about trading. You have to acquire knowledge about how the market works, potentially how the currency rates goes up or down against another currency. The only difference is, forex can be done through the net alone with less money compared to buying stocks. You can even start with a $10 investment in some broker company or sites. You can't do that in stocks buying as the selling price is slightly or much higher. So it's a guessing game, with knowledge, your guess will enable you to turn $100 to $10000 in 2 or 3 or even 6 months time. It also comes with a risk just like any other investment. The only thing is, the risk is smaller as like i said just now, you can start with a $10 investment or $100. I've been trading for 1 year plus now, on and off depending on my mood. On a certain month i earn about $150 - $200. But if i am really busy at work for the whole month, i make it at least $50. I also have some fair share of losses along the way especially the early part of my trading days as those time is the time when i actually learn how to read the points and guide to understand the currency market.

I'm doing forex trading and stock trading. Forex trading gives you higher gain but higher risk. You may earn 20$ or more a day with forex trading with 300$ capital but the risk of losing your capital is very high. Stock trading is more safe than forex but you have to wait for a long time to earn. There is one technique that I learned in forex trading that help me earn more than lose.

In my opinion stocks are safer,because to know the trend of a company,it is easy to judge from the news and other media.Stocks are usually traded for company within the country and hence easy to monitor companies within a country.For Forex,global conditions come into play and hence little more difficult to monitor and judge the trend.Even major companies' progress influence the money value.I see that advantage for Forex is that it fluctuates greatly that if we study them properly,loads of money can be made within a short of time.