I'd like to see the market have more transparency of shorts. In today's day and age, there should be 8-15 days to see a company's short percentage. The market information should be available to all investors no matter their size. Also, I feel that the "dark pool" system should be abolished. It too can possibly create uncertainty in the market. Thank you.
Data transparency is the hallmark of reliability, responsibility, and accountability. As such, all information about short sale positions, short interest, etc. should be publicly and freely available in real time immediately. Failing that, as soon as possible - which, given the electronic nature of these transactions, ought to be virtually immediately. Anything less increases corruption,
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I use the leverage etfs to cover the 3 days I would need in some cases for funds available. In other words I use a method that follows the trend and goes long and short depending current conditions. So I use a double and double inverse at 50% of my total amount to get the same effect of go full size long and short. If it was not for these funds I would not be able to do this in my small account.
Removing our ability to protect our assets and ONLY allowing us to be long stocks is criminal. Why cant we protect our investments? You only want us to lose money if the marker goes down? You crooks need to allow us to short if we want to and STOP trying to control markets so much. GET OUT OF THE MARKETS. Let the free markets be free. If we want to short we should be able to.
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Leveraged and inverse funds are a vital part of helping me to hedge my portfolio and avoiding constant trading. I use these tools to short the S&P 500 or other indexes when they have become frothy (in my view). These products reduce the volatility and allow me to stay in core positions longer. I use them as short-term hedges and the risks of staying in them too long
I heard the whining and railing of the uninformed idiocacy during the last down turn. Some were blaming the severity of the drop in stock prices on SHORTs and wanted action taken to BAN them. Are you part of that craze? The small investor or beginners don't necessarily have the avenue to create wealth in a BEAR market. Inverse ETFs and short funds are exceptionally useful to us when used
All investors should have the opportunity it go long or short, based on their views of companies and/or the economy. These proposals feel more like an effort to limit short selling, which of course some folks have high financial motivation to want. If you want to protect retail investors, start focusing on the large banks on wall street who manipulate retail investors all the time through other
Comments: I believe that access to leveraged and inverse funds has helped me hedge my portfolio. Without these products my portfolio would slide to zero. Do not make any changes in this volatile environment. There is no need to enhance any rules.
Do not restrict or disqualify my right to trade these products.
The purpose is short term active hedging.
Brokerage firms provide sufficient
It is due time that we make the stock market more transparent for all investors. Dark pools used to hide buying pressure on stocks and shorting them on the open market is manipulation. We need to do away with dark pools all together and also have a means to know exact short interest other than " Self Report data" .
