We appreciate you bringing the inverse and leveraged funds to our attention. We only use them occasionally because markets are up 2/3 of the time.
For short downtrends it is often best to wait until they are over, but in longer downtrends some money can be made.
Public securities traded should not have any special requirements for investing. These are public securities, after all. The proposed
To Whom it may concern,
I have concerns about proposed rule #22-08. I am private individual who has been buying and selling stocks, futures, and options for several years, and who greatly appreciates my ability to add to and hedge my portfolio in any way that the market offers. For example, buying a small amount of an inverse ETF is a quick and easy way to hedge an overly long portfolio during a
I not regulators 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
Anything that could be done to increase simplicity in the rule book would be a huge benefit to the market. I AM NOT SAYING TO DECREASE REGULATION: I am advocating for an increase of regulation with incredibly simple language so that it is accessible to anyone. OVERSIGHT AND TRANSPARENCY SHOULD BE THE UTMOST AND ULTIMATE PARADIGM. Increase transparency on all positions, real and synthetic, long,
It is incredibly important to have a financial system be transparent, secure, and fair. I believe that this proposal aids in the effort to produce a more transparent go coal system. Many new investors will be put off from investing in the stock market without these transparency rules. Many people, myself included, see the current system as unbalanced and rife with the exploitation of retail
I would like to see something done about the dark pool trading and the lack of reporting that comes from trading outside of the markets. Manipulation by routing buy orders into darkpool trading and leaving sells in the market to manipulate the price while also using the dark pools to ladder attack with synthetic shares which don't get reported needs to end. Hiding short sells in options is
Thank you for the opportunity to appear today to discuss the important work that the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA, is doing to fulfill our mission under the federal securities laws to protect investors and safeguard market integrity while facilitating vibrant capital markets.
Why are we still having to ask for basic accountability in the year 2022? The reason is because crime pays and the self reportive market is riddled with fraud as the past several months of Sec fines proves there is a glaring problem. https://www.sec.gov/news/pressreleases The DOJ mentioned using the RICO act for a reason and it is time to implement a computer tracking system to get with the times
FINRA reminds firms that the new FINRA/Nasdaq Trade Reporting Facility (the FINRA/Nasdaq TRF Chicago) will commence operation on Monday, September 10, 2018. The FINRA/Nasdaq TRF Chicago provides FINRA members with another mechanism for reporting over-the-counter trades in NMS stocks and complying with FINRA’s requirements with respect to back-up trade reporting arrangements, as set