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to the edge of disaster, in large part due to systemic risk developed under the regulatory authority of FINRA's outdated short interest reporting policy.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.

To Whomever this concerns, Please institute rules that will help investors in the American marketplace have faith that the system is not corrupt, that there is a level playing field, and that the government works for the people and not just wealthy and well-connected institutions and individuals. In this modern "information" era, the disparity in the available information to retail investors and the "smart money" is astonishing.

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to the edge of disaster, in large part due to systemic risk developed under the regulatory authority of FINRA's outdated short interest reporting policy.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.

It's not fair. I, as a retail investor, am scared to put money in the market. Fear of the big corrupt organizations like Citadel are probably why people are putting more money into homes and things. All of my friends don't trust the market either. We've all been hurt. The only way to not get hurt is to buy something you trust and leave it long term. These short sellers manipulate the market. The fact that you let naked short selling continue, blatantly is disgusting. If this isn't fixed permanently, it will cause a financial collapse over and over.

Naked shorting is illegal. Conditions need to be met by regulatory agencies to ensure it and any equivalent mechanisms to it don't happen. Broker-dealers can lend internally to close a short position and create a loan instead. FINRA is apparently considering regulating this. FINRA MUST be held accountable to treat a defined intra-member SI-defeat mechanism the same way it would treat its effective position: a synthetic short. Additionally, it should be made illegal to use synthetic short positions to facilitate the closure of another synthetic short position.

FINRA 21-19 is a long overdue; the US has systemic risk developed under the regulatory authority of FINRA's outdated SI reporting policy. While many of the policies mentioned in Regulatory Notice 21-19 address exploitable and ineffective reporting, they also leave gaps/loopholes that could compromise its purpose.

Hi there, I believe that 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.

If it’s one thing that Melvin capital, citadel, point 72, Susquehanna and Virtu have taught me, in conjunction with the ongoing short selling sagas of certain meme stocks, is that if something isn’t done quickly an entire generation of investors will abandon the US stock market. We are very clearly an oligarchy, which is not only an insult to our founding fathers, but a travesty enacted upon those who have sacrificed themselves for the preservation of this nation.

It is in the interest of anyone investing in the market, as well as for those with retirement accounts for there to be an improvement in the reporting of short interest, and of its sources. At this time it is common for stock prices to be determined not by the foundational performance of the company that it represents, but rather by whether hedge funds or other investment vehicles have decided to manipulate the price up or down.