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Comment for Proposed Rule 75 FR 3281

  • From: Robert J Roland
    Organization(s):

    Comment No: 2866
    Date: 1/22/2010

    Comment Text:

    i0-001
    COIMMENT
    CL-02866
    From:
    Sent:
    To:
    Subject:
    roland 1376@aol. com
    Friday, January 22, 2010 4:47 PM
    secretary
    Regulation of Retail Forex
    CFTC:
    I have been made aware of proposed changes that are being considered for retail "private
    citizen" trading on the forex market. The 100:1 leverage offered by brokers to their customers
    allows for the small investor to participate in this market. If this were changed to 10:1 it would
    kill this market for the small private investor as well as the brokerage firms that these
    customers use. It would also cause the loss of jobs in those companies no longer able to offer
    forex trading to the volume of customers it once did.
    There is not one good thing that would come out of Regulatory changes of this kind. It would
    only decrease the number of traders trading and the revenue generated and the taxes generated
    by that revenue. Please Don't change the Leverage that makes this investment vehicle available
    to trade for all investors. If it's not broke (it isn't) don't fix it.
    Robert J Roland
    765 Mountain Ave. #161
    Springfield, New Jersey 07081
    908-337-4723
    [email protected]
    [email protected]
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