greater leverage- Sure there is leverage but there's a limit to it in the US and that limit might be narrowed soon by the NFA. You need that higher leverage in Forex because EUR/USD is not going to go to from 1.3317 to 3 overnight, so you leverage to get higher reward from smaller moves.

not as news driven- you'd be surprised how much influence news has on price action. It is very influential in both stocks and currency.

Price action is price action. If you learn technical analysis in stocks you will be better prepared in Forex.