I have been a market professional for over 50 years, now retired). I advocate free use of levered and short (INVERSE) instruments as they offer hedging and leverage opportunities to every investor. This is needed in these volatile markets. The public are taught "never to sell" and yet we have seen several peiods in recent decades of index declines of 60+% (Nasdaq). It is vitally
I am grad to see additional regulation and protection for unsophisticated consumers and investors. Also corporate stock buy backs should be outlawed.
To Establish Effective Date for NASD Rule 3370, Affirmative Determination Requirements
Why should only the exceptionally wealthy have opportunities to engage in the stock market fully? This is discrimination at its best and class warfare.
Please don't make these restrictions. We are aware of the risks as all brokerages and Applications have disclaimer while trading leveraged stocks.
Dark pool money should be illegal. Hedge funds and MM's manipulate stock prices up or down by selectively routing purchases or sales of stock, at their discretion through dark pool funds that goes against all principles of free and fair trading practices. Some say, "well it used to be worse back in the day when all trades were on the floor of the exchanges, and with the advent of
Brokerage firms are typically paid transaction-based compensation, which means the firm might have an incentive to encourage you to trade often. If you notice a seemingly high level of activity in your brokerage account, this could be a sign of a type of misconduct known as “excessive trading.”
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Think its, a fantastic program,if were getting rid of this might as well get rid of the stock market freedom is the ability to make choices,
This is a very stupid idea. What are the investors holding these stocks going to do if those very bad rules are in acted? Please dont in act.