As a retail investor, who has been actively trading in the last 2 years and these regulations are very much targeted at, I do not agree with the proposed rule/guidance changes. FINRA has already placed many barriers to retail investors in the form of PDT rules, $25k capital requirements, etc. At no point in my journey as a new trader have I felt that the restrictions benefitted me or protected me
I know for sure that having specialized rules and red tape for complex leveraged and inverse products does not actually reduce the risk faced by retail investors. Access to leverage can even be used to reduce risk in an overall portfolio, as numerous other commenters have noticed. When implemented as part of a well planned strategy, leveraged and inverse products can provide crucial diversifying
I invest in Leveraged ETF Options as a strategy and occasionally in the Leveraged ETF's themselves. I have been doing this for over 15 years. I have achieved a net profit every single year since I’ve started using them regardless of whether the market is up or down. I strongly believe that I should be able to choose the investments that are right for me and that all public investments
It is of utmost importance that people have the full freedom to deploy their money into whatever they want without major obstructions.
As it is, to protect investors, ETFs already have disclaimers, which spell out the risks. In addition, some broker accounts won't even let investors buy some ETFs or penny stocks unless the risk profile is set to be "aggressive".
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Good afternoon. Thank you, Wayne [Abernathy], for that kind introduction and for the invitation to speak with you today. It is a pleasure to address this group, which plays such a unique role in facilitating the open discussion of important issues facing our economy and financial system.
Most of you, I assume, invest in the stock market. Many of you invest through
Beginning Monday, September 24, 2018, FINRA will add a new Daily Short Sale Volume File to its TRF – Regulation SHO data page. This file will provide aggregate daily short sale volume data by security that has been reported to the new FINRA/Nasdaq TRF Chicago.
FINRA will also begin publishing a Monthly Short Sale Transaction File for NMS stocks reported to the FINRA/Nasdaq TRF Chicago
As it stands, I see no reason why any of the bad actors will accurately mark or report their positions. Even with a condensed reporting timeline, there is no vehicle for FINRA to keep track of mismarked/illegal/synthetic/etc. short positions. Recommend that stocks released by companies should have tracking numbers so that short positions shall be required to have a one for one trace via tracking
If want all information about short interest exposed for public to see Honestly we the Americans and rest of the world are tired...we want and need prooer regualtion of the stock market..everyday stock.is open we seeing manipulation . Everyday the retailer os always bag holder... You finra and sec need cut that bs of fines..that shit never works..we.want see pple go to jail...all this wealthy
As long as the investment vehicles are legal, legit, and risk fully documented, I see no issues in letting a typical / average investor make their conscious investment decision. I OPPOSE RESTRICTIONS TO MY RIGHT TO INVEST. As an average investor (Im currently using/ investing in proshare shorts/long 3x etf), I find most information available online and typical financial professionals discussed
"Protecting us from ourselves" -- i.e., barring us from choosing to take a on position of high risk and high reward -- has no place in America, especially in an area so obviously volatile as the equity markets. Existing regulations well protect us citizens from being duped. Adding regulations to try to protect us from financial losses is a patronizing fool's errand, which will only
