That's because you don't understand shorting, and you see stocks as having inferior trading potential because your perception of trading them is centered only on "buying opportunities"; the limitation you perceive is actually self-imposed, not market-imposed as you imagine.
Well 2K+ account with Margin to short Stocks, then only $5+ stocks. 25K+ if you want to day trade via stocks. Normal poor person with normal sub 2K account is better off with Forex, why I trade forex
I hear ya' ... (I'm no advocate for stock-tradng: I've never done a stock trade in my life. And I did start off on spot forex for exactly the same reason as you.)
I started on stocks did well to pattern day trader rule ruined it, well short of 25k went options made/spent loads, then blew 6k over night on a gap up, spot fx since
im pretty sure the answer has been said, and simply to reinforce it I would say there is nothing easy about CONSTANTLY generating profits, maybe the easiest constant are loses. lol. but seriously thats the key actually find a constant method that generates profits no matter how small it is.
$10M - actually $10K Then again, according to KB2731 you're screwed as a US client. Myself being from the UK.
For U.S IB customers you have to have a $10M account to trade leveraged FX. I am able to trade with them because I use risk mgmt I don't need any leverage.
UK Big followers of the USA, I better get making money soon before my window closes again, Pattern Day Trader rule cost me 3years of hard work, found out about it 2 weeks before it went live, kinda hard to get motivated after that. 16years on LOL