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Comment for Proposed Rule 75 FR 3281

  • From: Michelle Wood
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    Comment No: 3612
    Date: 1/24/2010

    Comment Text:

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    CL-03612
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    Michelle Wood
    Sunday, January 24, 2010 7:53 PM
    secretary < secreta ry@ C FTC. g ov >
    New leverage regulations
    Hello,
    I am writing in regard to what I have read recently about the new forex regulations which will
    mean for my trading account ibn forex I can only leverage my account 10:1. I am very much
    against this becoming a regulation as I trade every night after work as means for supplementing
    my income, I can sometime use leverage of 25:1 due to my relatively small risk exposure and a
    stop of 20 pips per trade, i trade on 15 minute charts, I assume people with a similar strategy to
    me in the lower timeframes would be in an even more dire situation as these regulations would
    seriously lower my profit potential. I think the problem is bucket shop brokers and lack of
    education and letting people know of the risks, otherwise, I do not think that we retail traders who
    make an honest living out of trading the forex market should be kciked out of the market
    effectively by lowering our profitability because others do not behave as would be prudent.
    Thanks for your time.
    Michelle.
    Sell your old one fast! Time for a new car?