Please allow me to make my own investment decisions. i use leveraged accounts as buffers to other investments. i am well versed and have been investing for 32 years. It's my risk and i'll bear the consequences

Hi. I understand your concerns. But I believe that using criteria such as tests or high net worth to determine who is eligible to trade securities that are deemed "complex", such as leveraged ETFs, is unnecessary and can actually do more harm than good to my long-term financial security.

I can assure you that I am an active trader and that I know what I'm doing. I am well aware of the risks involved in trading leveraged ETFs. I understand that they are prone to time decay, volatility, and so forth.

Public investments should be a choice of the individual and not regulated by government.
Individual decisions on ability to invest should not be incumbered by a government test or requirements instituted by government.
Leveraged and inverse funds are important to my investment strategies.

Government over-reach needs to stop now! Preserve American freedom

Stop. This is none of your business and you don't know what you're doing. An efficient market needs investors on both sides of a trade....buyers and sellers, long and short, who are responsible for their trades. Not you.

I have been investigating, buying selling trading, holding funds my whole complete adult life. We have been self employed and self invested into IRA, Roth IRA, SEP and so on. Leveraged funds, international, Us non leveraged are all a part of our now retired portfolio! Every fund has helped me to invest and learn more about investing. It would be a profoundly hurtful move to take away investment choices.. we would not have sufficient funds for retirement with out many options, especially 3 x and 2x funds as well as leveraged income funds.

Comments:Im just your average factory worker and while I have my 401k, savings, etc; I like hedging my long term investments with the inverse leveraged ETFs. They are easy to understand and offer us little guys a chance to profit a little in a down market. Please dont take this away from us.

FINRA regulators,

Please allow investors to take their own decisions when it comes to their investments. The diversity of products that are offered in the markets including as ETFs provide more opportunities for investors to manage their portfolios.

We also live in times where sports betting, casinos, political futures, etc, are widely available.

Please let the USA remain as the top destination for free access to markets!

Thank you!

This is wrong and you will face your atonement will be justified.

I believe everyone should have the same privilege to choose their investment. There shouldn't be a special test for the public investors to gain right to invest in such investment like leveraged and inverse funds. I believe in the US economy and long term leveraged bet on US economy is the only way to gain the financial freedom. Please don't take this away from me.

I don't recall retail investors ever being bailed out by the Federal Reserve, Congress, or even their own brokerages. If the tools to counter extreme market forces are removed, I will have to find other arenas or venues in which to invest.