Haven't been investing very Long, but what I'm seeing seems like it's all in favor of the big company's and not for the individual investor. I like what you want to do with the rule changes, but talking about it, isn't good enough. NEED TO SEE ACTION, from all levels.

Data transparency is a must of having reliability, responsibility, and accountability within in financial industry. Without the full faith and trust in a fair system, myself and other investors would see no reason to put our hard earned money at risk to the "Wall Street Boys Club". As such, all information about short sale positions, short interest, etc. must be publicly and freely available in real time immediately. Need to do away with "short exempt", crack down on naked short selling, and the ability to sale on Dark pools.

To whom it may concern: It is my understanding FINRA is looking for comments on 21-19, regarding short posions. I think it is very clear that 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 manipulaon through naked short selling by large hedgefunds like Citadel and Susquehana being allowed to happen with impunity.

In a fair and open market there should be transparency and a level playing field for all investors; be they retail or institutional. The number of shares shorted should be available IN REAL TIME throughout the trading day. Dark pool trading must be eliminated. We can clearly see that large institutions are buying massive quantities of AMC stock (for example) on the dark pool and then flooding the public exchange with shares (via selling, short-selling and short laddering) in order to MANIPULATE THE PRICE DOWN.

Every share should be tracked in a live public database with a unique identifier. Every share should be located and lent only once. Every order should be delivered T+2 or fails to deliver are actually costly penalties along the lines of 10x cost penalty. Every short position should be updated with FINRA daily.

All short positions should be reported on. #duh

Things FINRA should implement: 1. Automated daily reporting of short positions 2. Automated daily reporting of all trading in Dark Pools 3. Automated daily reporting of synthetic shares/naked shorting 4. FTD should be delivered T+2, no exceptions. 5. All data accessible to the public in real time. 6. Force all Market Makers to give retail investors routing options on trades. (option to have your order NOT routed through dark pools) 7. Margin call over leveraged Hedge Funds. Quit letting them keep borrowing. 8. Margin calls enforced. 9. Margin calls enforced. 10. Margin calls enforced. 11.

I personally believe that short interest data should be available live without any delays (i.e. T+2 settlement) and that ALL short interest data must be reported across the board. Additionally I believe that fines for illicit practices should be equal to no less than the profit of the particular trade PLUS an additional 10% in order to discourage the practice from happening again.

There isn’t ANY transparency within the market. Dark pools need to be GONE as they are being over used and abused.. SSR needs to be enforced much more strictly. FTDs need to be enforced without delay. And NAKED SHORTING is supposed to be illegal but is still being used only by hedge funds and market makers.. How is this a free market???!! The hedge funds leash is way too long. Nobody will trust the market after this.

I cannot get a handle on short interest and am hoping to get reports out faster, in addition the penalty for not reporting short position is not working. If a fund or person is underwater and would hurt to report their shorts they wont and do not and take the penalty as a slap on the wrist and ignore the law. I need more transparency in the market to feel a real trust and unless some action is taken i may never invest again in the NYSE, thanks Matt lenz