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Dan Ellis Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08

FINRA should not be restricting leveraged products since it allows retail investors to easily access strategies and products that can produce outsized gains. These strategies are normally only available to professional funds and traders that can access swap markets. While FINRA considers it is "protecting" the retail investor, it only creates more of an unfair advantage in the market for professional traders vs retail. Thus, continuing the wealth gap between wall street and main street. Let free markets be free no matter the size of the investor!

David Thompson Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08

As an individual investor, I should have the flexibility to invest as I choose in the same financial instruments - as, for example, inverse funds - as hedge funds or those of "extreme" wealth. It seems that FINRA seeks to award advantages and privileges to the few (and insiders) and shut out individual investors. I accept market risk. Participating in the market - by definition - signifies the acceptance of this risk. The greatest tool to control extraordinary risky behavior already exists: margin requirements.

G Fleck Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08

I use leverage funds to provide upside exposure without taking on the added risk of buying on margin. When I buy a leveraged ETF I can only lose the amount I've invested in that ETF. I do not open myself up to the risk of a margin call. I should be able to assess my own risk and make my own investment decisions. I have been investing for 3 decades and been through many market cycles most notably the dot com bust, the Great Financial crisis, the COVID pandemic.

Jimmy Holland Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08

More and more, citizens like myself, who have a desire to trade markets, find that our choices are being limited because some have decided that amateur traders aren't as wise and not capable of making good decisions. We most certainly understand the risk involved in trading, especially when trading leveraged funds, but the gains can be rewarding enough that we practice due diligence in learning the skills needing to trade effectively and successfully.