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.

It is critical for the restoration of both the stability of the US markets and the confidence of the investors within it that any and all regulation changes regarding short interest reporting be effective in every known circumstance where effective short positions, synthetic or not, can go unaccounted for for any length of time greater than any other short position reporting deadline. FINRA 21-19 is a long overdue change.

Short interest reporting? What happened!!?!?!? Integrity is the virtue... Honest, accurate, and punctual short sale reporting is the action. We love you guys. Do the next right thing.

FINRA 21-19 is long overdue. The US markets are not trusted given the massive class of billionaires that make the markets and conduct back-end deals to manipulate the markets along with hedgefunds. Given these players have ultimate transparency on retail investors using payment for order flow (PFOF), it's only fair that retail investors can see the daily (or per transaction) movements of these players. Transparency is key to an efficient market.

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to the edge of disaster, in large part due to systemic risk developed under the regulatory authority of FINRA's outdated short interest reporting policy.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 traction this GME/AMC saga has gained will continue. It is in the best interest of FINRA to increase accountability for short interest, if a few market makers have to power to shift stock prices then where has the free market gone? Cellar Boxing is a form of manipulation hedge funds can use to bankrupt and profit (without taxes) what may become great companies. Please require reporting of any and all short positions in AT LEAST a 24 hour time frame. If this is allowed to continue, America will drown in its own greed.

I would like to see accurate daily reporting of short interest of stocks including how many synthetic shares have been produced to short a stock. I would like all methods of "can kicking" FTDs through options chains eliminated. Short hedge funds should only be allowed to short a stock by actually borrowing real shares of stock for a specified period of time and must return those shares at a predetermined date. Too many loop holes exist for smoke and mirror tactics to be used to hid short positions seemingly indefinitely.

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.