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Unequal Long and Short Positions
Members must report any account or accounts acting "In Concert" that hold over 200 contracts on either the long call/short put (bullish) or the short call/long put (bearish) side of the market. A member must report every subsequent change in the account’s end of day (exchange traded
SEC Approves Rule Establishing an Interim Pilot Program on Margin Requirements for Transactions in Credit Default Swaps
Please do not add more hurtles to investing in inverse ETFs and leveraged ETFs.
Ive used several ProShares leveraged inverse/ short ETFs to act as over night insurance for my bond and equity funds, i.e to reduce loss when fear is roiling the markets. I am in my late 50s, I also trade long ETFs where I hold for brief periods to improve my overall return. I consider both long and short, leveraged
As a regular retail investor, my sole activity involves using leveraged and inverse ETFs and ETNs that are designed to track volatility either long or short. I trade and/or hold these products both buying long and selling short, and buy and sell options on them. Taking away my access to these would set to waste the 12+ years I have spent studying and refining my strategies and would completely
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I truly believe there is a place in ones portfolio for leveraged and inverse funds. In fact, if used correctly, the can minimize the risk in a portfolio. I've used inverse funds as a short term hedge during the Covid crash of 2021 and during the recent market correction. By investing 10-20% of my portfolio in these inverse funds, I was able to reduce volatility and manage risk
I strongly feel that American investors such as myself should continue to have the right to invest in leveraged & inverse ETF's if we so choose. To have some regulatory body make that decision for us I feel is un-American, un-called for and unnecessary. I have been investing in leveraged & inverse ETF's since 2013 and I continue to invest in them because of the great
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On March 5, 1997, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved amendments to NASD® IM-2210-3 (Guidelines) to allow for the use by members and associated persons in advertisements and sales literature of investment
Short positions need to be reported daily by everyone. No exceptions.
The way to make long term investment and hedge for short term volatility. why cancel it?
We need to keep this open so we can short the market and the communist fed.
