This is assuming any 1 player is 100% leveraged in any 1 direction – not true. None of the big boys are. And are we talking about stakeholders as in Wall St boys losing their money, or stakeholders meaning pension funds and retirement systems, etc? If its Wall St, its the nature of the beast – institutional guys lose money, make money all day long. If its the latter – if you can self direct, put your money somewhere else.