Are there any brokers that offer 50:1 margin in the US to trade stocks? I am currently trading forex and I love how easy is to apply for a forex account with 50:1. ( I have oanda)
Maximum leverage on stocks allowed by the SEC is (I think) 4 to 1. Just take a look at changes in share prices for S&P stocks on even a day like today where the market ended just a shade off. Plenty of stocks were off 1 to 2% making margin levels anything like currencies to be dangerous. Currency trading with high margins can be equally disasterous but at least the market operates 24 hours x 5 days a week so stop losses can be used to limit losses.
Since currencies almost never move 2% in one day and many stocks do, 50:1 leverage is never going to happen. PM does provide the highest leverage for customers. To get higher than 6:1 leverage during the day, your account has to be over $5M and the prime Broker has to allow your trading based on risk. With over $5M in a PM account, the brokers don't have to monitor margin during the day, only at the close.