To Whom it May Concern, Thank you for requesting comments on this matter. I believe short interest and short sale reporting plays a major part of our current financial structure. Such a major role, that it is surprising how lax the overall rules are governing this aspect. I'm as smooth brain as they come, but I truly believe in clear and open transparency to the public is a way to help regulate the market. How can we say this is a free and fair market when we allow short interest to not be reported properly or timely?

I am a retail investor in my later 30's. I have only been contributing to my 401(k) for the last 4 years, and opened my Roth IRA in early 2020. I have not been investing very long, and plan to be working another 30 years before I'll have enough to retire on. I tell you this only because I want you to understand how totally and completely the last 18 months have shaken my confidence in our stock markets. I used to think that while I did not have the influence or capital to shape any part of the market, I did believe that FINRA was there to protect the interest of unimportant people like me.

Regarding FINRA 21-19, this is a great start for more oversight into U.S. markets. While more attention in my opinion should be paid to the effects of short interest, I support FINRA 21-19.

With how poorly the entire market is run, anything that enhances the ability for retail investors to have more transparency is a must. With how easily everything can be manipulated, data being skewed and hidden, naked shorts, FTD's, etc - the entire system needs an overhaul. But at the minimum, 21-19 needs to be passed to allow better transparency involving the reporting of short interest and short sales.

FINRA 21-19 is a long overdue change. It is clear that the integrity of the United States market has been strained to the edge of disaster, in large part due to systemic risk developed under the regulatory authority of FINRA's outdated short interest reporting policy. While many of the policies mentioned in Regulatory Notice 21-19 address the general breadth of exploitable and ineffective reporting, they also leave significant specific gaps that could compromise the entirety of 21-19's purpose.

FINRA 21-19 is a long overdue change. It is clear that the integrity of the United States market has been strained to the edge of disaster, in large part due to systemic risk developed under the regulatory authority of FINRA's outdated short interest reporting policy. While many of the policies mentioned in Regulatory Notice 21-19 address the general breadth of exploitable and ineffective reporting, they also leave significant specific gaps that could compromise the entirety of 21-19's purpose.

I would like short interest to be reported daily to make the market more fair for retail investors.

I cannot believe in the "greatest country in the world" we have to comment on whether transparency on the very thing that provides a backbone for the world economy is a good idea. ALL information regarding what occurs on our markets should be readily accessible by everyone. Having a select few entities control all of the information is the definition of an oligarchy in a world where information is so valuable. The fact that retail investors have to rely on doctored information to understand the market provides evidence that the market is skewed against them.

Hi I grew up in the late 70s 80s and 90s. Graduated college in 2001 after a 2 year break between high school and college. I got a degree in Environmental Science. Its worthless. How are those California wildfires going, oh and more like Hoover Dayum. Am I right? Who needs water in a desert.. seriously. We went to war with 2 of the wrong countries and the economy tanked more than once. Great Recession anyone? It was the best of times it was the worst of times.

FINRA 21-19 is an absolutely necessary change. Many people, myself included, have become quite disillusioned and leery regarding the current United States market, mostly due to systemic risk developed under the regulatory authority of FINRA's outdated short interest reporting policy. While many of the policies mentioned in Regulatory Notice 21-19 address the general breadth of exploitable and ineffective reporting, they also leave significant specific gaps that could compromise the entirety of 21-19's purpose.