Is trading penny stocks riskier than trading currencies? This is a tough question to answer. Personally I think they are too different to say which is riskier. Currencies are often traded on margin. Some currency brokers actually allow leverage up to 500:1. This amount of leverage can very easily blow up a trading account.

Penny stocks can fluctuate extremely rapidly and also eat into a trading account.

One big advantage of currencies is you can very simply choose how much leverage you want to use. If you have an account size of 10k. You can easily place trades that are equal to your ,000 or use leverage.

One advantage of currencies is that there are no trading commissions. With stock trading you usually have a set fee for a each trade. Many penny stock brokers also charge additional fees for trading penny stocks. This may mean you have to earn good returns just to pay the greedy stock broker their fees.

If you trade forex with many retail forex brokers, they do not charge commissions. They make their money their the buy and sell (bid/ask) rate spread.

Trading both penny shares and currencies is highly risky. Be sure to take your time selecting a brokerage firm. For stocks a discount online stock brokerage is often best suited. For currencies a good solid retail broker with a good reputation and low spreads if often the best.

Be careful with forex brokers though, they are often not heavily regulated and they have been known to go bankrupt. You could have heard of the broker refco, they went bankrupt a couple of years ago. Many account holders lost all of their money.

One thing you can do is try a simulated stock trading account before trading a real account.

Think of how bad it would be if you lost your entire trading account because of your broker going bankrupt!

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