TO: All NASD Members, NASDAQ Issuers and Other Interested Persons
LAST DATE FOR COMMENT: MARCH 23, 1986
The National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD), requests comments on a proposed amendment to Schedule D of the NASD By-Laws that would authorize the NASD to halt over-the-eounter trading in a NASDAQ security pending the dissemination of material news by the issuer. Schedule D
Dear FINRA,
I heard that regulations are being considered by FINRA to make certain popular complex investments unavailable to by bought by general public, including leveraged and inverse funds.
Ive been using leveraged ETFs in particular for long time as investment and trading vehicles and Im very concerned that myself and other market participants will no longer be able to buy those ETFs. I
To FINRA,
The Freedom to trade equities and other asset classes feels like a basic right without needing encumbrances to that end. I am a knowledgeable investor of leveraged ETFs that have returned twice annually as much as I would buying and holding SPY, QQQ or the like (1x leverage).
Any regulation that would impose more hurdles to my trading would feel like restriction, when my regimen of
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I am well aware of the risks with trading leveraged funds. This right should not be regulated! It is not any riskier than trading options or and other investments. The individual has a right to take the risks. DO NOT CENSOR OR TAKE AWAY MY RIGHTS TO CHOOSE!!!!!!
Because I have a high degree of understanding of the inverse and leveraged funds, I understand why regulation is being considered. However, traders have always been and always should be responsible for their own investing knowledge and actual trades.
I am AGAINST:
Having to demonstrate a high net worth. There are plenty of traders out there with a high degree of trading acumen but low net worth
Any security trading in the general market should be available to all investors. There should be no discrimination made between different types of investors vis-a-vis allowing one to trade and prohibiting another. It would be a discriminatory practice otherwise.
However, for more risky asset classes, the risks should be clearly explained to the investors so that they can make judicious and well-
To the FINRA Regulators,
One of the greatest developments in modern American history is the democratization of investing and the ensuing freedom for individual investors to save, invest, and trade freely on an open market. Inverse and leveraged funds allow retail investors to enhance their trading and investing strategies with straightforward and low cost options that are fully explained in the
I am capable of understand leveraged and inverse funds and should not be made to "jump through hoops" in order to continue trading as I wish. If you must regulate access to these funds please do not target your regulations at those of us whose trading accounts clearly demonstrate we are performing in line with the market.
That being said I agree there is a problem with
