Preventing average retail investors like myself from leverge and inverse equities causes both great harm and disadvantage. Prevent the smaller players in the market from maximizing profits and hedging to balance out losses. Doing so would force greater risk trades by leaving investors such as myself with dangerous decisions such as shorting equities which can easily cause greater losses than
Leveraged and inverse funds are important to my investment strategies. They are no different than other basic public stock investments. They further allow me to hedge the risks associated with individual stock purchases. I am fully capable of understanding leveraged and inverse funds and their risks. Once again it appears such rulings are meant to intrude on my ability to freely trade and invest
Leveraged and Inverse funds are important. Big companies are allowed to do it so should the individual investor. My investment firm, TD Ameritrade, was very upfront that the fund I invested in was an inverse fund before I was able to confirm my trade order. Stocks and funds go up in value and go down in value. Individual investors should be allowed AND have the opportunity to invest in whichever
I do not support regulators imposing unnecessary burdens on investors that limit our ability to access publicly traded securities. This is a push from special interests to drive business to them and limit the ability of individuals to make investments as they see fit. Leveraged ETFs are a small part of my portfolio and are used to enhance returns. I am fully aware of the risks of the compounding
Dear regulators; Please refrain from increasing your restrictions on my freedom to play the market any which way I choose. You do not need to know if I'm able to invest in any product, just as you have no right to dictate to another their freedoms. That is called slavery. I trade from time to time in inverse funds as it's the only way I'm able to fight the corruption of you and
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On January 7, 1997, in Release No. 34-38132, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved NASD® rules permitting the quotation of Direct Participation Programs (DPPs or limited partnerships) in the OTC Bulletin Board® Service (OTCBB) and requiring all
SummaryLow-priced securities1 tend to be volatile and trade in low volumes. It may be difficult to find accurate information about them. There is a long history of bad actors exploiting these features to engage in fraudulent manipulations of low-priced securities. Frequently, these actors take advantage of trends and major events—such as the growth in cannabis-related businesses or the ongoing
A. Providing short interest information to the public for free is a requirement to ensure the retail public's trust in the market. Without access to this information, the average retail investor is at a huge disadvantage when it comes to making trading decisions. Finra should take charge and publish this information daily, so retail investors can make timely decisions about their trading
As a retail investor it would be nice to see increased transparency from financial institutions. No more naked shorts, or at least increased naked short share exposure, decreased use of Dark Pool trading, required reporting from every institution on their positions (short and long) to organizations such as FINRA or Ortex etc, and forced coverage of FTDs when they are due. All of these are
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