I am really in the dark about how a lot of the short sale regulations apply but more in AWE at how many of them are not enforced. Market Makers and companies like citadel should have to report ALL of what they do, should be held to a much higher standard and not be able to manipulate the markets through synthetic shares, dark pools and the like. It is basically stealing money from the retail investors and it needs to stop. In my opinion it needs to go back to trading only in methods that allow real pricing, real order flow data and REAL SHARES to be used.

I deeply concerned with the validity of the entire stock market. Specifically, naked shorting and market manipulation amongst current hedge funds. Please investigate in detail naked shorting and delayed order flows.

We need the transparency and FAIRNESS in our markets. What do they have to hide? Why NOT report short positions? Does it give an advantage too not disclose them? This is WAY overdue!!

Thank you for the opportunity to make comments. I will begin by saying that short selling should be banned in the United States. It is antithetical to the law of supply and demand, is being abused by hedge funds and market makers and obscures transparency. Seeing as how FINRA and the SEC will not ban short selling here are some of my other suggestions 1. Each Individual Stock Share should have a unique identifier attached. No transaction should take place without the specific share unique identifier being transmitted to the buyer or borrower.

Every share should be tracked with unique identifier/label. Every share should have to be located and lent only once. Every order should be delivered T+2 or fails mean large cost penalty, greater than or equal to price if share. Every short position updated with FINRA daily. Even the playing field.

Eliminate dark pools Fines should be greater than the profit hedge made from the illegal activity Jail time is needed for market manipulation. Short positions should be forcibly closed out if illegal market manipulation is found and trading rights of those involved should be revoked. Shorting taking place in the dark pool needs to be disclosed to the public. If an institution buys shares in the dark pool and then dumps (sells) those same shares on the public exchanges to tank the price, this should have to be reported. Fail to Delivers should be reported to the public as well as Finra.

It is not right for certain groups of people to launder money around and hide the truth. The prices shown in the stock market are heavily manipulated and it is not fair for the public investors. If an incredibly large population spread out in several countries are supporting and backing a company, it is only right for us to see true prices and continue investing accordingly.

The ability to short a stock legally is fine. The fact that FTD exists should be illegal. You can not fail to deliver what has been purchased. Also any purchase short or long that is below a dollar value of 20 million dollars should by law be required to be done on a public exchange and not in a dark pool. This would make sure illegal or price manipulation activities like high frequency trades and ladder attacks would all be visible. Some Price manipulation could than be tracked.

I'd like to see the ability to hide naked shorts in options taken away, as well as meaningful penalties for breaking rules (fines as a percentage of valuation, turnover of profits made in such a way, etc.). It would also be nice if the dark pools weren't watched over by people with gross conflict of interest. Finally, some actual oversight of shorting would be good (no more self reporting short interest, faster turnaround on that reporting, an arm to deal specifically with audits of short positions, harsher penalties for FTDs).

Finra Question 1: What implementation period would be appropriate to provide members with sufficient time to make the systems changes necessary to comply with this requirement? My Answer: Change needs to happen as soon as possible Finra Question 2: FINRA is considering whether daily or weekly short interest position reporting would be preferable. What are commenters’ views on the preferred frequency of short interest position reporting? My Answer: Daily is preferable Finra Question 3: Are there any other short sale-related changes not discussed above that commenters recommend?