why does forex platforms provide high leverage but shares and others dont

External question — Quantitative Finance Stack Exchange Author: roller Original post: https://quant.stackexchange.com/questions/60979 License: CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Adaptation: HTML converted to plain text; contact email addresses removed. I have been looking at a few forex platform and they provide high leverage with overnigh fees close to LIBOR. The same is not true for shares on stocks and they provide 5x leverage with higher interest rates. Why is this?