Dear FINRA,
I have become aware of the unnecessary regulations planned for restricting my access to invest in leveraged and inverse funds. I have been trading inverse and leveraged ETFs for the last four years without any issues. Adding restrictions will stop me from trading and investing in ETFs as well as many other investors that can profit from changes in the market trends.
ETFs and other
The United States is a free capitalist country where people have freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution. This should reflect from the freedom of investing too--people should have their freedom to choose what and how to invest their money. We save and invest to better our future lives. I diversify in my investments. Leveraged and inverse funds, though by no means of a large portion, are important
Hi, Having the ability to hedge my retirement funds is essential when there is high volatility in a high volatile world. The easiest way to do this is with a leveraged inverse ETF of the SP500 or Nasdaq. The drift risk in a leveraged inverse ETF is a lot les risky compared to options trading or short selling to hedge a portfolio. Options are complicated, expensive and short-term forms of
You plan to prevent or restrict investors from buying a broad range of public securities including the leveraged and inverse funds offered by ProShares. If these regulations are adopted, they could prevent or restrict investors ability to buy the funds. This is ridiculous, my ability to freely invest should not be restricted. I oppose limitations on my ability to buy any kind of Funds. YOU FINRA
I don't think it is right for Regulators to take control of how the public wants to invest in the future of their families, your trying to make the rich get richer once again, middle class people don't have a chance again, when a good thing comes along that's when regulators want to take over, where were you when crypto was just getting started, you didn't believe in it but
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GUIDANCE
Trade Shredding
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Legal and Compliance
Operations
Senior Management
Trading
Market Orders
Rule 3380
Trade Shredding
Executive Summary
On February 24, 2006, the Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC) approved new Rule 3380, Order Entry and Execution Practices,
which prohibits conduct known as "trade shredding."1 Specifically,
under
Sec. 2. (a) The Board shall have authority, upon notice and opportunity for a hearing, to cancel or suspend the membership of any member or suspend the association of any person associated with a member for failure to file, or to submit on request, any report, document, or other information required to be filed with or requested by the Corporation pursuant to these By-Laws or the Rules
