Please consider my comments on FINRA Regulatory Notice #22-08. Leveraged funds provided on the open market (such as TQQQ, and SQQQ as a short vehicle) provide an equal opportunity for all investors to participate in returns for profitable investments without needing to understand and be involved with complexities of option trades.

I have been investing for 63years and I do not need you telling me what I can and cannot do with my investment money. Keep your hands out of my pockets.

I use leveraged and inverse funds as a protection hedge and to enhance returns. I am fully capable of understanding leverage and inverse funds as well as risks. I don't need a special test before investing in these funds safely. I should be able to choose the public investments that are right for me and my family, not regulators. Public investments should be available to all of the public. I oppose restrictions to my right to invest.
Regards,
Ben Blackmon MD

I want to invest in crypto ETF.

All individuals should be able to invest in public securities and everyone should be able to invest in what is right for themselves and their families. You shouldnt have to take a test or need special permission to invest.

Banning leveraged ETFs only closes off another avenue of options for the retail investor while making them available to institutional investors only. Retail investors also need access to affordable leverage which is what leveraged ETFs provide. A standard unlevered portfolio is no longer sufficient in todays world for retirement.

I should be able to choose where to invest my money. The job of regulators is to keep banks and corporations honest, not to restrict consumers from making decisions.

I do not want regulators telling me what I can invest in. I'm fully aware of the dangers of investing in leveraged funds. I read the warning statements and signed that I understood. I'm an adult and would like to continue to be treated as an adult. If you need for me to read and sign the agreement/warning each year I can understand that but not completely removing this type of investment because you don't believe I'm intelligent to understand the words in these warning agreements. Proshares sends investment documents out several times a year explaining the investments and details of these.

I oppose FINRA restricting my right to invest in publicly traded ETFs..I should be able to choose the public
investments that are right for me and my family. I shouldn't have to go through any special process
like passing a test before you can invest in public securities,
like leveraged and inverse funds. I am very capable of understanding leveraged and inverse funds

Pass a regulator-imposed test of your specialized investment knowledge.