Hello, As a full-time investment portfolio manager for the last 15 years, I feel like this entire filing is yet another moot point. No matter which valid point I bring up, the Commission will only find it invalid, however, here goes nothing: I respectfully advise the Commission to re-think the overall goal in respect to their job function. You're asking for comment on something very little
Direxion put out a request for investors in their products to comment on this proposed action. I figure it would be better to avoid going through their portal. The consensus seems to be that the proposed action, in its details, would ban most investors from purchasing inverse and leveraged funds. These comments apply to exchange traded inverse and leveraged funds, and not similar products that
Proposed Rule Change to Reinstitute Short Exempt Marking for Trade Reporting and OATS
Please do not restrict my ability to use leverage/inverse stocks. These stocks allow me to leverage my positions without incurring debt and without direct involvement in derivatives. They allow me to take short positions without making short sales. They allow me to make trades not possible using mutual funds. They allow me to trade NDX and SPX more efficiently than possible for me using at- and
Please do not been leverage GTS there are great investment for the right people that know what theyre about I believe short selling should be banned in and option should be banned because people that go against leverage dont realize theyre going to get margin called and then they called a broker complaining meanwhile they said they knew what they were talking about and I think it should be maybe
I have managed my portfolio myself and have outperformed the market for 2022 I have done this in no small part to the downside protection offered by inverse ETFs. They allow the average investor to take short action in the market without the necessary headache of a margin account. Attempts to restrict this are misguided and will only hurt the smaller investors they intend to help. Inverse ETFs
I work in the finance industry and we already endure severe restrictions in terms of how we can hedge downside risk. These include restrictions against short selling and options (have to hold a positions at least 30 days while the option loses value due to time decay).
Profunds short mutual funds are the only viable way to hedge long positions without being forced to liquidate those long
I believe that investors such as myself should continue to have access to L&I ETFs, funds, and including derivatives such as options on such products. They are useful for hedging in the short term and in general i believe that investors should have this choice. The reason is they are far more efficient than trying to take short positions or selling shares in positions where we
I am not a major investor but have some funds that I actively manage which I am hoping to use for my kids college fund. I need the flexibility to decide if I want to be long, short, leveraged or not on my positions. I am not a high new worth individual or professional investor but I understand the risks I take in going short on a position or having a leveraged position. Largely these positions
Hi FINRA, what were seeing in the stock market is unprecedented. 71 percent dark pool volume for AMC from the same people that have a short interest. This is unacceptable in any “free and fair market”. Short selling is a cancer on the back of the US financial system and has adverse effects on the rest of the world. We need more transparency from the “too big to fail” players in the market and
