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Eric Ellsworth Comment On Regulatory Notice 21-19

Synthetic Short Positions FINRA should require firms to reflect synthetic short positions in their short interest reports daily. Exchange-listed Equity Securities FINRA should publish on the FINRA website short interest data for all equity securities (listed and unlisted) daily. Information on Allocations of Fail-To-Deliver Positions Reporting daily allocations of fail-to-deliver positions to FINRA should be mandatory and include a clause that penalizes firms that do not comply. If they fail to report then they will close all positions within 3-days and forfeit any additional alotted time.

Harry Borchers Comment On Regulatory Notice 21-19

There is an obvious lack of regulation when it comes to short positions. The regulation that exists does not offer enough punishment to deter unlawful actions. The threat of jail time would be a much better deterrent for fraudulent activity as compared to fines. Isn't this how it works for everyone, or just the lower classes? There are two currencies; money and time. Criminals can make their money back and laugh at your fines. The corruption of our "free and fair" market is slowly being uncovered. How are failure to deliver cycles allowed to be broken?