Is it safer to trade in forex then in stock?

Currency trading is attractive on paper but it is extremely volatile. Conventional wisdom says you should only invest pocket money in it.

Traditional stock trading still has the best risk/reward ratio in my opinion. Especially now that tthe stock markets are chock full of stocks trading for far less than their real value for someone who’s in it for the long haul.

Your risk would depend entirely on what stock or currency you pick to trade on. Large cap companies would obviously be more stable (unless they’re talking about filing for bankruptcy, of course) when compared to an emerging firm. Same goes for forex – if you trade on currencies that are backed by stable governments, the volatility risk is reasonably low.