I feel very strongly that I, as an everyday investor, should be allowed to invest freely without overreach. Leveraged and inverse funds are very important in day to day investing and are not too complicated for anyone to understand. Leveraged and inverse funds are excellent at protecting my assets or enhancing my returns in a good economy. I feel that only allowing some individuals to invest while limiting others would also be an unfair advantage to more affluent classes.

We should be able to invest in leverages share

I appreciate the individual right to invest in leveraged and inverse funds.

Your proposed changes are not needed and not wanted. Warnings are already in place on all leverages ETF purchases. Adding burdensome regulations would punish experienced traders who make their living trading these funds.

Public investments should be available to all of the public,
not just the privileged

Dear FINRA,

I strongly oppose any restrictions to my right to invest, including inverse and leveraged funds.

I cannot state how much I am opposed to excessive regulations taking away my freedom to invest as I so chose. I utilize put options on these types of leveraged funds such as UPRO and TQQQ to acquire shares tied to the S&P and Nasdaq at a very advantageous price and then sell covered calls against the shares once obtained. I can make upwards of 5% on my money each month with relatively conservative trades. Before I became aware of these funds I was using SPY and QQQ and investing the same roughly $500k in each, I was making only a little over 1%.

Of course it is important that investor have access to all the information and risks associated to an investment and the marketing of Investment vehicles must be strictly regulated to ensure that people are not incorrectly enticed into inappropriate investments. But the right to chose what investments are right for oneself is critical and must be protected.

Leveraged and Inverse Funds are a very important, PUBLIC investment that are a critical part of my investment strategy.
I understand why restricting them from some of the newer, uneducated investors is a valid concern, but those concerns can be handled in ways that would not restrict them from more experienced investors.
These are public investments that should remain open to experienced investors without restrictions.

I oppose restrictions to my right to invest in public investments.

I should not have to pass some arbitrary "test" in order to implement the investment strategies I think work best for myself and my family.

Opening up investments to everyone will lead to a more informed public and a more transparent investment environment.