Please DO Not regulate us. We want less regulation not more. If you treat us like uneducated children. We will act like uneducated children. Do I get a participation trophy for investing in the stock market. Are you going to tell me when to sell and buy also. In all seriousness this is a very bad idea and can be a slippery slope.

Leveraged ETFs and options can, in many cases, reduce an investors risk when used as a part of a larger portfolio. To exclude their use by everyday investors is to put many of them in an even more at risk position. Simply buying and holding individual stocks can be much more risky, and the equities market would cease to exist if that weren't allowed.

Hello whoever is reading this, hope your day is going well. I am a young investor with a few years experience actively trading and learning about financial products. Even though you're looking at making changes to how a wide range of complex derivate products are regulated, but I would like to talk specifically on leveraged products as they are what I am most familiar with. I'll refer to them as LETPs (leveraged exchange traded products, including ETFs and ETNs). Currently, I can understand the concern that buying/selling these products is as easy as buying and selling an individual stock.

As a retail investor I do not agree with this. I request that you do not make any changes to the trading of these products. Lindsay Ash

More regulation is NOT the answer. DIY retail investors should have the same level of access to products as professionals; they’ve CHOSEN to DIY because they believe they have sufficient skill and knowledge. People don’t need to be “protected” from themselves. Give everyone EQUAL access to products instead of walling off “complex” products to institutions and elites.

You guys should not classify Retail Investors as a naïve person. Nowadays, Retail Investors have access to information to self-educate themselves on risks of trading leverage products (eg: Google Search, Reddit, Boggle heads and list goes on). I personally hold TQQQ for more than 2 years and will continue to do so as it continues to provide outsized return relative to underlying index. The examples quoted (2008-2009 timeframe) in the notice are cherry-picked to lay a negative shade on these products, one can pick a different date range to argue the other way.

Theses changes are far too invasive and everything should just be kept as is.

I absolutely do not support the one day hold rule for leveraged complex products. There are viable leveraged strategies that are far more simple and efficient for retail investors that require holding these products for much longer

The general public is already warned enough on leveraged ETFs that there is no reason for additional regulations and warnings for individual retail investors. They should be able to risk their hard earned money in ways they see fit for themselves. Individuals should have a right to use financial products they see fit to use in order to achieve their short term financial goals. Adding additional regulation will only hinder, not help, individual achieve their goals. I urge Finra to keep the status quo on leveraged ETFs.

Honestly it's fine the way it is. It's not that complex for most investors. No one should be buying things they don't understand. That goes for appliances too and we don't have to take a for those. Casinos have complex rules for some and again - no tests required.