The forex is a very liquid market but not usually very volatile, so it takes a lot of money to make a little (or a whole lot of money to make a decent amount). Brokerages may give you 50/1 margin to trade it, as opposed to 4/1 to daytrade stocks because of this. Either case, trading is trading imo, where it involves managing risk vs. reward, and the nuances of the leverage involved vs. profit potential vs. principal at risk, so respectively taking these factors into account across any market, net net the results will be the same trading Forex as anything else - most people will fail regardless (no matter what class you take.)