Short selling is legal, fair, and a proper tool to use in the markets to bring down the price of an over-valued security. Why does it feel like institutions have so much power over retail? Why does it feel like I am going up against massive opponents that refuse to lose? Why do they get away with criminal activity to avoid billions in losses to only pay regulators millions in fines? It's completely disgusting and makes me want to withdraw all my money from the markets. The whole point of a market is price discovery and capital formation. This helps grow companies and foster innovation.

Over the past few months, it has become clear that there is a lot of vital market data that is not accessible to the average retail trader. It is not a free and fair market when dark pool trading makes up the majority of trades. The dark pool in essence is a legal black market for trading and it is very exclusive. New and old retail traders have realized the market manipulation that is occurring, and has been occurring, on a very grand scale.

FIX THE NAKED SHORTING [REDACTED]!!!

- Short interest positions to be public knowledge, not on a website behind pay walls. - Daily reports updated to a site FREE to the public. - Reports also to include Dark Pool Data, as these unlit exchanges are seemingly used more frequently than the lit ones now. Why report on numbers that wont even be the whole picture. - Watch for laundering in crypto/other markets that allow for institutions to barely pass on liquidity tests/rules. - Bias free reporting and no conflicts of interest between FINRA members and individuals who hold positions at overleveraged institutions.

I think retail is extremely desirous of seeing more frequent reporting and as much of that made publicly available as possible. At least of a weekly or bi-weekly basis. I believe the currently attempted short squeeze is bring to light that lack of transparency is being used to commit fraud and establish predatory roles against companies. The conduct of these financial professionals qualifies as criminal and the retail investor demands mor transparency. The watering of stock has been an issue for nearly a century.

Respectfully, Much of what FINRA is “considering” regarding the reporting of Short Selling, Reporting, disclosures, and transparency is all needed to protect not only retail investors both domestic and abroad, but to ensure there is confidence in the US stock market.

In general, there needs to be more real time transparent data. Retail investors are not playing on an equal playing field in a supposed free market. With market manipulation obviously taking place with stocks such as $GME and $AMC, things need to change and companies need to be held more accountable. Measly fines or just looking the other way is just an insult to what our market, economy, and country is supposed to be about.

I am in favor of Notice 21-19 and believe it is imperative that changes be implemented to level the playing field between retail, institutional and large firms concerning available information. Any changes that bring information to retail investors quicker and more accurately, such as short interest and FTD data, cannot come soon enough and is long overdue.

The manipulation is obvious. Protect the people.

Short positions should be reported daily, with proof they are not naked shorts. How long can you continue to let them dump more synthetic shares in the market.