Response to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) proposed rules on leveraged ETFs Leveraged ETFs may be volatile but it is not more volatile than many individual securities. In addition to uncertainties with individual stocks, Investors are able to allocate the use of leveraged ETFs to diverse their assets to fit their risk tolerance against the effects of a volatile and uncertain market. . Placing restrictive rules on leveraged ETFs makes no more sense than putting rules on individual securities that are as volatile or more volatile than leveraged ETFs.

Please do not impose restrictions/regulations on retail traders to invest in the market.

Using inverse ETF's is easier for me to follow than going short.

Once again the freedoms afford by this great nation is being stripped away by those who think they have the right to tell me what to do with money I have earned through my efforts. I believe FINRA should leave things as they are, so people can make their own financial decisions.

I oppose restrictions to invest in leveraged and inverse funds and ETFs. I have an MBA in finance and understand how the inverse and leveraged fumnds work. Inverse funds are an important part of my investment process when the market is trending down. I use leveraged funds in strong uptrends and in strong downtrends. I am currently using leveraged inverse funds as a hedge to my long investments.

I love the charts that the leveraged etfs provide. It gives a clear picture of contango costs that futures and options can cause on returns. The leveraged etfs provide a chart of the positives of only 33% leveraged. Futures are 5 to 1 on the SP 500 and out of the money options are super high. All investors need to be in etfs and zero mutual/hedge funds. A small percentage of a portfolio should be allocated to a leveraged SP 500 etf for any alpha of SP 500 monthly payments.

I am totally against these measures. They prevent us from getting ahead.

There should be no restrictions to my ability to protect my investments by buying leveraged or inverse funds. If the market collapses (or rather WHEN it does )the inverse funds will at least give me a viable amount of recovery.

Restricting these products to only high income individuals is not protecting smaller investors but limiting their options and creating an unfair playing field. Require these etfs to disclose risks but do not increase the inequality in investment options that already exists between high and low net worth investors

This likely wouldn't protect as intended. Those with this risk appetite will simply search out other risky (and riskier) assets. Restricting the free market in this way will just hurt more than it will help. The risks associated with leveraged and inverse products is well documented, and all brokerages that offer them prompt with warnings before allowing trades. Adding extra bars for entry won't prevent poor traders from losing.