I want to be able to trade whatever I want.
While the leveraged products are controversial as longer-term investments, they are helpful for short-term hedging and trading. The unlevered inverse investments are extremely useful hedging tools for equity investors and don't have any of the drawbacks found with levered products. Restricting their use would be a disservice to the investing public who use occasionally need these tools
I think even the dumbest of the public is fully capable of making a decision to make a trade in a risky stock/ETF/Leveraged Fund. I love the inverses. I have used them to my advantage and would be considered no more than an average American small business owner. And more than happy to take full responsibility for my trades. We don't need more baby sitting here. Let the AMC and GME
I see this as another pathetic attempt at making investing and trading inaccessible to the average retail broker. All investors no matter the size should be able to invest in whatever they like. I personally have lost thousands over the past year investing in leveraged ETFs. However, I accept the losses and take them as a learning experience. All traders should be responsible for knowing the
Leveraged ETFs, including inverse funds are an important tool to everyday retail investors to hedge their assets and to increase their chances for successful investing and trading. These funds give the small investor an opportunity to compete with the big brokerage firms in a highly manipulated market, often fueled by high frequency trading of stocks, bonds, and options. I strongly reject the
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As previously announced FINRA plans to replace digital certificates with Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) for access to the TRAQS website in April of 2021.
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As previously communicated effective Monday, April 19, 2021, FINRA will replace digital certificates with Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) for access to the TRAQS website and will also institute system infrastructure changes for TRAQS and the API reference data software.
From Monday, March 8, 2021 through Friday, April 16, 2021, FINRA will be supporting a software production parallel period.
Remarks by Chairman and CEO Rick Ketchum at the Security Traders Association Annual Conference
