Regulators should not be in the business of limiting our ability to invest. There are already so many rules that hurt the "little guy." This is not a good move. You should not limit people's abilities to trade leveraged or inverse ETF's. Inverse ETF's, for example, are invaluable in market downturns. Forcing smaller investors to just eat the loss of an economic downturn is incredibly wrong. I am capable of my own risk management and I do not need these measures.These funds you are considering limiting are important to my personal investment strategies.

I understand the risks associated with these products which ALREADY are more than well documented in disclosures by both the Broker and the Funds that that issue them. Because I am borderline High Net Worth individual, shouldn't mean I, nor any of the general public should not have access to these inverse and leveraged tools to properly hedge risks in our portfolios. Using these tools can be extremely important to balance risks in the market, and gives readily available access to markets that many would not, such as commodities.

Please try and reduce your efforts to injure the retail investors, spend some efforts on the dirt and corruption present in high finance

I use leveraged and inverse ETF to hedge my positions in stocks and also to increase or decrease my long and short positions.I also take a position in the ETF when i want a position in a stock index and not an individual stock.These are easy and simple to understand and use and are a big help to small investors.Keep the system as it is working!.

I oppose the passage of these new rules limiting by ability to freely trade options

It's very unfair that normal investors would not be able to use leverage and inverse funds! These funds have been a good hedge for me so far since the FED keeps messing up the stock market. Please look at today's market -- how many percentages S&P and Nasdaq have been going down since FED announced rate hikes? There's no safe heaven these days, except using some of the inverse funds to hedge. I believe every investor using these funds has understood what these funds can bring and what kind of risks these funds have.

Dear sir, I do have enough capital and knowing the risk to invest for my retirement, I only use small portion of my capital to invest in those leveraged and inverse funds and trying to enhance my return on my investment! Please never put any restrictions on my right to invest in those leveraged and inverse funds! Thank you!

I OPPOSE RESTRICTIONS TO MY RIGHT TO INVEST

I oppose restrictions on my right to invest in public investments. I should be able to choose the public investments that are right for me and my family. Public investments should be available to all of the public, not just the privileged. I shouldn't have to go through any special process like passing a test before I can invest in public securities, like leveraged and inverse funds. I am capable of understanding leveraged and inverse funds and their risks. I do not need these measures imposed on me through government bureaucracy.

Regulators should not determine what we can invest in.