"Be careful out there."
You guys have managed to completely derail this thread into a P&R gun debate. The OP wanted to know about 3x ETFs somehow being delisted by the government. Fact is, that didn't happen.
However, something similar to the SEC thinking "let's protect investors from themselves" is probably what happened. There are new leveraged oil ETFs out there, and honestly, these ETFs were always lame in the first place; the futures were always superior.
Hey Gloria, you started off about 3X ETFs, as if they were a bad thing, right?
What is it that you don't like?
That they perform as advertised?
Wild thought, Gloria: just how *do* they get those 3X results, anyway?
Hmmmmm, maybe those derivatives (which anyone can buy/sell) should be *outlawed*, too?
If you don't like those prospects, DON'T TRADE 'EM.
(Or, is that just too simple?)