I find the idea of restricting access to financial tools extremely offensive. The market is built around the concept of public availability. Restricting access to certain stocks or tools simply because an elite few deem them unfit for the unwashed masses is egotistical and morally reprehensible. Please do not create a private walled garden around inverse and leveraged funds. Consider the scenario
FINRA 21-19 leaves many problems with address general problems, but also makes many new ones that get rid of the purpose of 21-19. It is very important for the stability of the United States market that regulations regarding short positions are reported in every situation. Otherwise, short positions can go unaccountable for a long period of time after their due date. We must not let our standards
FINRA has a scaling problem. A problem that is observed in FINRA's inability to provide oversight and accurately regulate institutions as global markets expand and overlap. Transparency in our markets is essential. Transparency with respect to short interest reporting is severely lacking. Not only just the typical direct borrow and short transaction but also the use of derivatives and other
Inverse and Leveraged funds are an important part of ability to protect my portfolio. In down markets such as currently exists, in which the markets begin falling overnikght or in the free makret and acceIetate to downside the funds provide important day to day portfolio insurance without taking the much more extreme risk of short selling. In additiion, in strong bull markets the leveraged
SummaryDay trading broadly refers to an overall trading strategy where a customer effects both buy and sell transactions in the same security in the same day to profit from movements in the price of the security. FINRA has had longstanding rules designed to limit the potential losses from day trading for both customers and members, and to ensure the risks of day trading are disclosed to customers
During the 2007-2009 Financial Crisis, inverse funds saved my retirement. I also have occasionally used leveraged funds because of a 24-hr shortage of "settled" funds. I do not want or need the protection afforded by the proposed measures. The Fed has routinely created bubbles in various asset classes, incentivizing investors to use leveraged long funds as the bubble expands.
I should be able to decide what the right investment is for me and my family. Levered and Inverse funds are safer than the alternative. The alternative is to short, use margin, use futures, or use calls and puts. All of which can wipe out your entire capital. Levered and inverse levered products offer an amazing alternative to less sophisticated investors. They're definitely more volatile,
Regulatory Notice
Notice TypeRule Amendment
Referenced Rules & NoticesNASD Rule 2860 NTM 06-46NTM 06-09NTM 05-56NTM 05-31
Suggested RoutingComplianceInstitutionalLegalOptionsSenior ManagementTradingTraining
Key Topic(s)Exercise LimitsOptionsPosition Limits
Options Position and Exercise Limits
Executive Summary
SEC amendments to NASD Rule 2860 extend until March 1, 2008, a pilot
I would like to See ALL Data daily regarding short positions. How is it that high frequency trading can be programmed to carry out millions upon millions of short transactions daily, but not able to simply submit data regarding those positions. They should be submitted daily along with darkpool positions. Transparency needs to become 100% as this will also help keep markets more honest because
