SummaryFINRA has amended FINRA Rule 4210 (Margin Requirements) to establish a specified exception under the margin rules with respect to certain short option or warrant positions on indexes that are written against products that track the same underlying index. Referred to as “protected” option or warrant positions, the new exception conforms with similar provisions Cboe recently adopted. The
COMMENTS ON 22-08 You have made this request for comments so complicated that it is hard to follow. I will just list my ideas and you can try to sort them out. On my trip from model airplanes to airline captain I have made many replies that affected new FARs. This a free country and everyone should be able to risk some $ and try to make more $. This should include hedge funds, but limited to a
It is not the place of any government agency to tell me what I can invest in. This is a major overreach into my financial freedom. I fully understand the products that I invest in & do not need to prove my knowledge. Leveraged & inverse funds are extremely important to my investment objectives. These funds allow me to use less of my capital. This is important for the rest of my
I have been using inverse and leveraged funds for at least 15 years, typically as hedges during periods of market decline or high volitality. I invested our portfolio exclusively in stocks for over 15 years on my own, and even though Im now old enough (74) to be mostly invested in funds instead of stocks, I still use inverse and leveraged funds to meet my long term investment goals. Im am
I do not support restrictions on peoples freedom to invest. While perhaps the intentions are good it is a slippery slope to start restricting trading on certain investments, such as leveraged and inverse trading vehicles. While these funds may indeed have higher risk, so do many individual stocks. Not all companies and their corresponding stocks are equal, people make investment choices all
I OPPOSE RESTRICTIONS TO MY RIGHT TO INVEST IN ANY LEGAL SECURITY OR STOCKS.
I WANT TO BE FREELY ABLE TO INVEST AT MY WILL IN ANY PROPERTY OR STOCK I WANT
We should have the right to purchase any stock we desire.
I strongly oppose these restrictions to my ability to trade leveraged and inverse stocks.
Everyone needs to have the right buy any stock they want to buy.
