Comments: I believe that limiting access to leveraged ETFs would be unfair to small traders. While leverage increases risk of loss, I think taking instruments like TQQQ away from the general public does more harm than good. You can try to prevent one person from losing money, but if that also severely handicaps someone who is actually seeing returns, I am not convinced that is a net good, all that has been done is preventing lower and middle class folks from taking on risk. To me, this doesn't sound like good regulation.
Andrew Garcia Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08
Comments: I believe that limiting access to leveraged ETFs would be unfair to small traders. While leverage increases risk of loss, I think taking instruments like TQQQ away from the general public does more harm than good. You can try to prevent one person from losing money, but if that also severely handicaps someone who is actually seeing returns, I am not convinced that is a net good, all that has been done is preventing lower and middle class folks from taking on risk. To me, this doesn't sound like good regulation.