We would like to see more transparency in the market. Retail investors are not privy to everything the hedge funds are. We cannot trade in pre market or after hours. There are rules in place, and we would like to see the SEC, DTCC, Et al to enforce those rules.

We would love to see short sale institutional/hedge fund data be reported just as the regulations require long positions 13F filings in order to file and finalize a purchase. Currently we have an issue where naked shorts have been created in several stocks across the market, but could be better regulated by requiring such filing so be submitted before large scale institutional short positions are created that damage healthy companies and rob them for the fair chance to be successful.

Naked shorts is illegal and fines don’t work. If a regular person goes to jail for illegal activities so should rich people. If you’re reading this you’re a regular person.

Hedge funds use techniques such as naked shorting, dark pools, and other questionable techniques to transfer money from retail investors to such funds. It is of the utmost importance that there is a level playing field thus that any type of short is logged, incuding which type of short it is, who is doing this etc. And to do this on a regular basis (daily?) so there is a more level playing field. This data should be publically available.

When large investors can break the law and set up naked shorts,it's not only wrong and immoral but it shows the system can easily be manipulated by powerful corrupt hedge funds and allows them to ignore any steps the rule makers such as yourselves make,which then shows that they have you in their pockets and any fines are clearly not making any different.

The use of Darkpools to buy stock anonymously and then sell into the market is a misuse of what darkpools we’re intended for and are being used by the institutions to manipulate the stock in an unfair manner against retail investors.

changes look good, more transparency the better

Please make these changes. Having more retail investors will only help the markets. Without these changes less and less retail will invest in the market due to the playing field not being level. Transparency is needed!!

The manipulation in the market is obvious. Details come out every day that point toward market manipulation. Information has been released on previous manipulation that led to the recession in 2008 and it is obvious that no lessons were learned from that crash. Money makers are only concerned with creating enough profit through manipulation to pad themselves during these economic downturns. Retail investors are left with savings dwindling and the hopes they have for financial endeavors and retirement disappear before their eyes. It is time for someone to be held accountable.