FINRA Committee: As a working class, Army veteran, society isn't the kindest when it comes to financial growth. Having the ability to invest in leveraged and inverse funds such as UltraPro and UltraPro Short ETF's; gives the average person the same opportunities as folks like yourselves seeking to restrict with arbitrary "poor people" laws. Regulations always favor the wealthy
The government has no reasonable grounds to take this action to decrease the tools available to the average investor for the purposes of 'protecting them' from being able to make their own choices. Inverse and leveraged etfs are specialized and risky tools that nonetheless can be used productively by a skilled retail trader, and more to the point, it should be an individual
Comments: I have a strong understanding of the characteristics and risks of leveraged investments. I understand this should be monitored regularly, and that they are for short-term trading. My brokerage limits access to the types of trade that I can engage in; for example, I am not allowed to short sell calls or puts, strategies which can be extremely safe or strategies which can be extremely
I find the use of leveraged and inverse funds invaluable in hedging my investment portfolio and prefer using them instead of shorting equities. Investors should be offered this opportunity. I understand the increased risk associated with using leveraged instruments, and I manage the amount utilized commensurate with that risk. They also offer diversification for risk management in the various
I ask FINRA to cancel pattern day trading for small investors with less than $25000 in account because I lost money because of this rule because I can't not close position in 3 trades in 5 days and it is not fair because trade accounts with more than $25000 can trade and close and open the same stock or options many times a day and this rule is from many years and market changes
Proposed Rule Change Relating to Extension of Implementation Date for Expansion of the Order Audit Trail System to All NMS Stocks
Arbitration cases decided by award in the forum operated by FINRA represent a small subset of all cases closed involving customer disputes. The vast majority of customer cases close by settlement – not award.
FINRA Rule 4111 (Restricted Firm Obligations) addresses risks from broker-dealers with a significant history of misconduct, including firms with a high concentration of individuals with a significant history of misconduct. The rule allows FINRA to impose new obligations on broker-dealers with significantly higher levels of risk-related disclosures than other similarly sized peers, based on
Proposed Rule Change Relating to Extension of Implementation Date for Expansion of the Order Audit Trail System to All NMS Stocks
Member Assessments
The NASD amended Section 1, Schedule A to the NASD By-Laws to increase the credit against a member's annual gross income assessment from 62 to 67 percent for calendar year 1993. The credit will be reduced to 59 percent for 1994.
Because members have already paid their 1993 assessments with the 62 percent credit in effect, the increase to 67 percent will create a credit
