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Comment for Proposed Rule 75 FR 3281

  • From: Sami Ishaq
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    Comment No: 1848
    Date: 1/21/2010

    Comment Text:

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    COMMENT
    CL-01848
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    Sami Ishaq
    Thursday, January 21, 2010 1:30 PM
    secretary
    Regulation of Retail Forex
    Dear Sir/Madom:
    As a small trader with a capital under $5000, I believe that most of the regulations that were introduced
    over the past a few years made the FX industry a safe investment environment, which helped large and
    small traders alike. However, the new proposed leverage rule limit to 10:1 is unfair to small traders like
    us who have invested a lot of money and time in education and have been able to experience this
    exciting market. The majority of Forex traders can distinguish clearly between leverage and risk and
    have been trading for years using strict management rules. Others who choose to treat FX market as a
    gambling platform will inevitably depart sooner or later whether the leverage is 100:1,10:10 or 1:1.
    I O_l)_l~OSe
    this rule very much and I don't see how it helps protect us but what it will do is unfairly
    eliminate educated traders with limited capital resources from this market. I believe that we should be
    given the choice of what leverage we should use when trading.
    Best Regard,
    Sami Ishaq
    FX trader