As we all forex traders know that technical analysis is used both in stock and forex trading. So we can say that most stock traders are not forex traders, but most forex traders are stock traders. The main difference I think between a stock business and a forex business is that if someone buys a stock he becomes a shareholder of the company and gets annual profits from the stock company. But in forex trading there is no such thing, it's different. Buying a currency only for the purpose of making a profit from currency exchange fluctuations is not due to shareholders. There are more differences between forex and stock businesses, I think other posters will post here about the differences. Forex is more profitable than stocks but certainly much more risky if you trade with forex, so you should be able to use a good road, with little risk as a trading currency.