To Whom It May Concern: I am a self-directed individual investor writing to urge you in the strongest possible terms to avoid creating any new regulatory barriers to investing in leveraged or inverse funds. Your role in upholding basic investor protections is vital to the integrity of the market. While institutional investors can access a variety of financial instruments to take advantage of
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I would like to see more transparency in the type of trading that is occurring. Such as inflow of orders and outflow from any and all market makers, instead of hiding the true number of trades (buys and sells). It is public knowledge that market makers, leverage payment for order flow and this should be made public if not removed completely to level the playing field. The odds are stacked against
Short interest is a snapshot of the total open short positions on the books and records of brokerage firms on a given date. FINRA and U.S. exchange rules require that this information be reported twice a month. Short interest data does not—and is not intended to—equate to the short sale volume data on FINRA’s website.
*IF THIS GOES PUBLIC PLEASE RESPECT MY PRIVACY AND DONT USE THE WORD 'DIG'*
I HAVENT BEEN ABLE TO RESPOND TO A REQUEST FOR COMMENTS SUGGESTIONS REQUESTED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO BECAUSE I WAS TAKING CARE OF 3 FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAVE DEMENTIA ONE OF WHICH RECENTLY DIED SO I AM NOW ABLE TO COMMENT IMMEDITELY.
AWHILE BACK I HAD WENT TO VARIOUS FULL SERVICE BROKERS SEEKING TO JOIN UP
Dear FINRA, I come from the industry, although now retired, and am an active trader using leveraged products. I agree with you that anyone using these products should be able to demonstrate sophistication and an understanding of the underlying optionality and risks. (In cases of trading discretion, the person with trading discretion over the client's, or family member's,
"Normal" investors should be able to continue investing in leveraged and inverse funds. There ae already warnings in place for most (all?) trading platforms warning of the risks. That should be the extent of the regulation (continuing to place a warning when placing trades in such funds).
Changing the regulation has the potential to significantly harm current investors if they
Comments: As a private investor I have utilized ETFs for about 20 years and leveraged/inverse investment vehicles for approx. 12 years or so. These vehicles (specifically leveraged/inverse ETFs/ETNs) have been extremely helpful to enhance the profitability of my investment portfolio/strategy resulting in protecting my investments when these vehicles are used as hedge instruments, and in trading
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
"Complex products" are a valuable resource for investors for diversification of investment strategy and risk mitigation that should be available to all investors. The notice tries to draw parallels between option trading and "complex products", but there is a significant difference in the level of leverage and potential financial exposure between these
