Are forex traders at a disadvantage compared to equity traders?

Am I correct that trading stocks should be easier than trading forex? I mean, they have access to things like financial ratios, accurate volume stats, industrial averages, etc. These seem like very important tools for equity traders that are unavailable in forex. Does this leave us at a disadvantage?

I used to trade stocks and now I trade strictly ES. Scanning for stocks everyday is a PITA. Not all stocks behave the same either. All I have is one chart to look at now and I really enjoy it

my real money is made trading stocks, options and futures...... if your an active trader, commissions can be quite large..... esp in options.....

people complain about the spread in forex...... ...... come trade ise fx currency options with me..... very often i will be the only volume/open interest..... the spread can be equal to the price of the contract ......

the pattern day trader leverage is 4X's..... and that comes with a 25k account minimum...... compare to the typical leverage of 50X's in forex where accounts can be a few bucks......

anyone attempting to trade for a living would do well trading mico/nano forex accounts first..... and of course, anyone trading for recreation would for sure do better in forex.....
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bottom line, i see no disadvantage in forex..... none at all.......h

There is far more opportunity to do find undervalued stocks than to do fundamental analysis with forex. That's a good thing for many new traders because it means just guessing can have a similar result to doing the work.

Yea, like the current stock market you can throw money at anything that isn't a penny stock and make money as long as you are with the trend.

Whilst I haven't actively day traded stocks just your usual buy and hold stuff. My perception is that their are occasions where valuations in the stock market get totally out of line.

In recent history we have the IT boom which saw companies like Yahoo share price higher than many established blue chips. This was then followed by the dot com crash.

The 2008 financial crisis. In some cases stocks went to nearly zero.

Whilst in forex there were huge swings its hard to image the EURUSD at 10 to the dollar or 0.10 to the dollar, imports and exports rely to heavily on there being an element of price stability.

I would love if someone who daytraded futures and daytraded forex post his comparison between them, and does he finds trading futures more effective than forex or not..

The answer is yes on many levels

I don't trade single stocks but do many arb trades between/across equitiy futures,commodities,precious metals,bonds,fx.

Trading single stocks isn't necessarily easier than fx because major algos work very similar through all these big markets.

No because what ever differences there are, just represent a different game. What ever advantages are offered to you by the other side of the fence your competition (the curve) also share these advantages.