With all due respect, your current rules are useless and are easily ignored and/or side-stepped. There is no transparency in the sector concerning shorts. Numbers are self-reported and easily manipulated, hidden, or misrepresented. Without mandated, accurate, and daily transparency of short data, the entire stock market is subject to malfeasance. The retail investor, as well as institutional
Americans should be free to research and utilize all manner of publicly traded securities in their investment portfolios. These should not be managed or limited by regulators. I utilize leveraged index-based securities regularly as a core element of my investing strategy.
I regularly use and trade these products. They have been. Great resource and I understand the risk. The prospectus makes that very clear. Options are far more dangerous but dont have nearly the same hurdles to use that are being proposed.
I should be able to choose the public investments that are right for me and your family.Public investments should be available to all of the public,not just the privileged.
I have been trading over 15 years and know what's best for me.
I am a small invest. I would like to trade like you the big traders. So please try your hardest to think about us small traders before you change regulations. Thanks Maria
As an investor, I would like to be able to choose the best investments for my personal situation. I have access to a financial planner and I am well informed of the risks in trading leveraged securities.
I am against any further regulation.
America is a free country founded on the principles of liberty. It is not governments role or authority to govern where citizens invest. Leveraged an inverse funds offer portfolio hedging that is otherwise difficult to obtain via standard trading accounts.
Series 7 registered representatives are not required to register under Series 55 as equity traders based solely on the fact that they perform the clerical function of entering customer phone orders into the same routing system that customers could use to enter orders electronically. The Series 7 representatives, under the facts described in the letter, would not provide any advice to the customers, including advice on possible paths or methods of execution.
Your opinion on FINRA’s proposed limits that may restrict your access to L&I Funds or to disqualify you from trading L&I Funds or other "complex products". I reject the proposed limitations referenced in the above comment
I do not believe that regulators should make my investment decisions. I use leverage and inverse products as a part of my trading strategies depending on the markets direction. I do not agree that I need to pass a test to invest in these product.
