As a Country, we've lost confidence in the free market of the United States of America. My suggestions would be: T-0 real time settlement FTD's forced to deliver per the regulations Enforcement of illegal naked shorts that have decimated retail's portfolios for decades. Increased scrutiny of dark pools (some of these stocks are being traded 60% in dark pools) Elimination of being
Dear FINRA, Both leveraged & inverse ETFs are an important part of my hedging strategy as a retail investor & trader. I do understand your concern for protecting an average investor. But the issuers adequately explain their unusual risk characteristic & I have been able to successfully build my portfolio with these ETFs included. I specifically use a forward & an
I am opposed to new restrictions being considered to make it more difficult for the average investor to purchase liquid leveraged products on the NASDAQ and NYSE.
As an average american, i find it difficult to keep up with the wealthy who seem to have a much easier time creating and growing their wealth. I have been trading leveraged products for over a dozen years and sometimes i am correct,
To my knowledge, public investments are available to all of the public, not just the privileged and I oppose your restrictions on my right to invest. I am aware that all investments come with a certain degree of risk, especially when you combine normal risk with the lack of transparency, T2 trading platform, recent rumors of Market Manipulation, Dark Pools, Fails to Deliver etc. I selectively
Retail traders should have equal access to complex investments as institutional/professional traders.
Educating investors of risk through simple disclosures is important and a fair requirement before permitting trading. Any threshold test should be minimal and easily met (including for those with English as a second language). Have faith in the investor to understand the risks and manage their
I have been trading and investing my own account for over 10 years now. If I want to buy these leveraged funds with my own hard earned money its my choice. Theres risk in all investments and as an adult with her own money I should be able to choose if I want to buy these leveraged funds or not. Why would I have to get special approval and all the ideas being thrown out there to buy these. Just
I oppose any restriction on my right to invest in public investments how I deem fit. It is MY MONEY NOT YOURS!
How dare you consider that you have any right to limit how I am allowed to invest. I should be able to invest MY MONEY any way that I believe provides a reasonable risk reward prospect for positive gain.
Leveraged funds are part of my investment strategy. I don't need or
My background is a buy-side equity trader for 28 years. There are complexity levels of investment products. Screening should be increased as the complexity levels increase, such as the Option trading approval levels are done. There are some newer products like inverse leveraged, and multiplied leveraged ETFs that normal investors do not understand. Specifically the use of futures and options and
I use a 2X leveraged SSO ETF for my core S&P500 holding, which frees up cash so I can trade a few small positions and hold a bit more cash. I also have used a small position in the inverse leveraged TBT bond ETF to temporarily offset my core bond ETF holdings so I don't need to sell them and then buy them back later. None of this is high risk, and taking this away would hurt
