We really need robust oversight if we are going to allow these reckless gamblers making the very markets. Selling something that doesn't exist. Creating fraudulent property. selling the same property to multiple investors. Shorting stocks that don't exist. Selling stocks that don't exist. This damages the faith of the people that markets are fair and safe. This hurts people. We have this opportunity to show transparency and good faith before irreparable damage, revolt and foreign investors losing faith in our markets.

I'm writing to request more transparency, fairness and accountability in our financial markets, as all of us rely on our regulatory entities for that assurance. There are some things that are of particular interest to me: 1. Transparency of Buy/Sell orders in the market as a whole, including but not limited to OTC/ATS off market trading. 2. Information market makers have when it comes to filing for a short position should be made known to everyone, including retail traders. 3. Short positions should be covered by everyone at close of day, no more T+ non sense. 4.

As a programmer, a major source of frustration for me regarding many facets of our market relates to the fundamental lack of speed and automation endemic to our financial reporting pipelines. In a system which promotes and rewards algorithmic and high-frequency-trading, any position which would be reported and analyzed as a document and by a human would (and very likely is!) obsolete, potentially wildly so, by the time it was viewed.

Good Afternoon, I saw you are looking for comments on 21-19, regarding short positions. As I see it, the current US market is full of nothing but fraud, with the regulatory agencies being complicit. They are complicit through their complacency, with years of unchecked fraud and market manipulation through naked short selling by large hedge funds like Citadel and Susquehanna being allowed to happen with impunity. The SEC and FINRA have known about this illegal counterfeiting practice for many years, with nothing being done to rectify the illegality of the market conditions.

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to the edge of disaster, in large part due to systemic risk developed under the regulatory authority of FINRA's outdated short interest reporting policy.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

The following paragraph is copy and pasted, but I whole-heartedly support the message. I believe our markets should be efficient and transparent, not behavioral and speculative. 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.

FINRA 21-19 is a long overdue change needed to bring our markets back into the light. 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.

FINRA 21-19 is a long overdue change and it has my full support. 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. Numerous short hedge funds and other entities abuse this regulatory gap to hide what is very likely extensive and illegal naked shorting and synthetics, thereby leading to manipulation of markets.

how are synthetic shorts not being overseen? The leverage these hedge funds have is ridiculous. this oversight will lead to more corruption and a gap in wealth. fix this ASAP.