Leveraged products provide an effective way to hedge a portfolio and should be left alone. If the concern is Retail traders not understanding the risks, then put a higher bar to entry to invest in them or limit options within 30 DTE or ban them from 401ks, but it is too much of an overreach to prevent retail investors from adding risk to their portfolios when they are comfortable with it.
Anonymous Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08
Leveraged products provide an effective way to hedge a portfolio and should be left alone. If the concern is Retail traders not understanding the risks, then put a higher bar to entry to invest in them or limit options within 30 DTE or ban them from 401ks, but it is too much of an overreach to prevent retail investors from adding risk to their portfolios when they are comfortable with it.