I don't agree with this regulation. If you want to restrict the risk, why do you stop for option trading? Also many penny stocks and starting company stocks are more volatile and risky than leverage stocks. Investors need to have variant ways to trade to make profits and hedges. There is no way to regulate our freedom of trading.
My online broker just made me aware that regulations are being considered that would put additional restraints on my ability to trade leveraged and inverse ETF's. I object to what is unnecessary.
Following the logic the next step would be to put restraints on all online trading to the public. Then investments would be back to only being managed by brokers. Progress was made when
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Comments: As a retail trader, I find that L&I funds provide adequate exposure to investment instruments of which I am seeking to trade. Traders exposed to these instruments understand and accept the risks L&I funds provide: understanding whether the fund is optioned short or long and as to how much exposure (1x, 2x, 3x). Utilizing these trading instruments are no different than
I currently hold a couple leveraged funds and at various times in the past have held inverse funds. I also trade options. I have been trading for nearly 20 years and have a lot of experience. I never get in over my head on high-risk investments. I reserve the right to trade the funds, stocks, bonds and commodities that I deem are in my own best interest.
I oppose restrictions on my right to trade in particular securities or requiring prequalification to do so. The securities I trade in are a critical part of my investment strategy and I use them appropriately with stop loss orders to protect my capital. I have over 40 years experience trading in the financial markets and shouldn't be required to prove to anyone that I know what I&#
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I am of moderate net worth (under $3M). I am retired and have been trading for decades. I started using leveraged ETFs long ago, and the ample warnings made me research the issues. I did, and I traded accordingly. Yes, risks are higher, but so too are the rewards, and the warnings that explain the risk that come along with these products are what is needed.
The proposed regulations are
Please don't restrict my ability to trade "complex productswhich could include the leveraged and inverse funds. My net worth is relatively low, but I am perfectly capable of reading pertinent documents and I fully understand what my risk are when trading. I have been trading leveraged and inverse funds for years and want to continue doing so.
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