A share reflects one company: its products, management and profits. A currency reflects an entire economy: growth, inflation, interest rates and politics.
When you trade EUR/USD, you are really comparing the eurozone with the United States.
Stock exchanges open and close each day, and prices can gap overnight. Forex trades 24 hours a day, five days a week, passing from Sydney to Tokyo to London to New York.
Forex is usually traded with higher leverage than shares, because major currencies tend to move less day to day. Higher leverage means a smaller deposit controls a larger position, which magnifies gains and losses equally.
Shares move on earnings, product news and company guidance. Currencies move on interest-rate decisions, inflation, employment data and central-bank speeches.
The calendar you watch depends on the market you trade.
Neither market is better. Pick the one whose hours, drivers and risk fit how you want to trade.
