Comments are specifically speaking to self-directed / unadvised investors. Direct investment in derivatives should require additional education. Proof of completion of these courses should be required before being allowed to use them. This [REDACTED] is nitro, and the influence of people online pitching options strategies as easy and safe is enflaming the issue. It's far too easy to find stories of people actively ruining their lives because they just didn't understand. All that said, structured derivatives products should be able to be accessed by anyone and everyone using a DIY platform.

I strongly oppose any restriction of my right to invest in leveraged and inverse funds. I have spent the last 30 years of my investing life arriving at an approach which works for me and leveraged ETFs are a vital part of this approach. While they may not represent the majority of holdings in my portfolio, their leveraged nature makes them a necessary part in achieving my investment goals and in optimizing everything from risk hedges to tax implications. Without them, my entire approach would be invalid. Again, it took me 30 years to arrive at this approach.

as a long term investor in SH, I strongly object to plans to restrict investment leveraged and invest funds.

Inverse ETFs that have positive returns when the overall market is down is absolutely vital to hedging an investment portfolio, especially given the recent market declines. These investments should not be restricted to a privileged few but should be made available to all the public. I heartily oppose any legislative action to restrict the right to make this kind of investment.

Limiting the ability of the common stock holder to use leveraged stocks leave the market free for only the privileged few. Wrong doing and unjust.

I oppose restrictions on leveraged ETF products and the likes of them.

Individual investors should have the choice of any investment products. This is NOT only for rich or bigger group that they can take advantage.

Hey [REDACTED], I know your plan, regulate this so the market prices crash, let institutions but and then sell for sky high prices. This way they can book profits and you [REDACTED] can get taxes by 4/15 next year to pay for all the expenses incurred [REDACTED] in the WH. The American public is much smarter than what they used to be. [REDACTED] first go and implement this [REDACTED] in the WH [REDACTED], then we talk about this to private investors. I hope you get this message straight up [REDACTED].

As a former Registered Representative with PaineWebber and traded successfully Inverse Commodity and Equity ETN's, one as ticker tape reader and using regression programs for trend analysis, I appreciate the opportunity within my IRA to protect the account value of cash long and short. The issue of Future contracts, Currency Swaps, and Repurchase Agreements are internal to the ETNs, themselves, and really unimportant to the simple fact if the tape moves 1% to the S&P I earn 2% or 3%.

No further restrictions on my account of pro shares is necessary gentlemen .