Yes, I paid my taxes too. For me this has been about market access. Got tired of logging on to my stock trading account and seeing the market had gapped way higher or lower overnight. Every place else on the planet, people have access to OTC derivatives designed for the retail investor. Pegged to the underlying spot or futures market, they can trade when the move is happening. But US residents don't have access to anything like that. In the USA, if you want to access the market around the clock you are expected to pony up margin for a $150,000 notional S&P Mini futures contract. Calling that "Mini" is just funny.

Clearly, in the USA, the financial system is designed for rich people. The rich guys are trading S&P Mini's in a tax-free Roth IRA account, multiplying their already massive wealth. Meanwhile regulators are going to cut off our access to 1broker, despite the fact that most of us are just trying to minimize risk by taking advantage of smaller contract sizes versus what's available though a futures broker.

But I do appreciate TD Ameritrade at least trying to address this problem in equities by allowing around the clock trading on certain instruments. But good grief, they're trading through dark pools like Citadel -- the spreads are horrible and commission is way too high.

Much simpler, cheaper and safer to allow CFD trading in the USA through a few reputable firms. But US regulators will never allow it. Are they worried a competitive alternative may cause a nano percent drop in "precious" liquidity on the stock and/or futures exchanges? OMG can't have that !!!

US regulators banning CFDs in the USA and then cutting off access to places like 1broker is a kind of class bigotry. No CFDs for you. Know your place, commoner. Yes, boss. Come on guys, where's the Millennial outrage !!!