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Comment for Proposed Rule 75 FR 3281

  • From: Jeremy Hensen
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    Comment No: 5499
    Date: 2/22/2010

    Comment Text:

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    Monday, February 22, 2010 11:41 AM
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    Public Comment Form
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    ([email protected]) on Monday, February 22, 2010 at 11:41:17
    commenter_subject: Proposed CFTC Regulation of Retail Forex
    commenter_frdate: January 7th, 2010
    commenter_frpage: RIN3038-AC61
    commenter_comments: To whom it may concern,
    I am writing this in opposition of the proposed
    rules of RIN3038-AC61. The proposed limits on
    leverage will severely hamper the chances of
    individual retail forex traders to be able to
    compete in the forex markets. Reducing the
    leverage will not reduce the risk to these traders
    because many of them will be compelled to move
    overseas or will be forced to increase their cash
    balances in unsecured forex broker's accounts.
    Perhaps a solution could be to impose a 5-10% of
    total equity stop on orders thus by ensuring that
    no trader's losses grow by more than that. This
    way you would not only enable traders with proper
    risk management to strive, but would achieve your
    goal of protecting the novice traders from
    themselves.
    Thank you for your time,
    - Jeremy Hansen
    commenter_name: Jeremy Hansen
    commenter_withhold_address_on: ON
    commenter_addressl: 736 W, 181st St. apt 2K
    commenter_city: New York
    commenter_state: NY
    commenter_zip: 10033
    commenter_phone: 9085313779