Hi Some considerations Shorting should only be allowed if the Stock has been pre-located , will an audit trail and consent of loan from Holder , not just custodian . If Shares are electronic they should should have a marker that will only allow them to be Loaned / Shorted against max 1 times. other wise if marker reflects share is already oan it wont be eligible. This makes a good motivation to move to an NFT like or Blockchain type basis for shares. Short reporting should be daily.

In my opinion... All investors from hedge funds, to retail investors to those considering investing in a stock should be able to see the exact same data that hedge funds, and clearing houses and brokers see. It should all be in real time and it should be free. This needs to include Dark Pool data. Short interest should be reported in real time, and the number of shorted shares should never exceed the actual amount of shares that exist. Additionally, brokers should not be able to write a clause into their platform that says they can short investors shares.

Dear Madam or Sir, I support your proposal on the reporting of short sales. This hopefully makes the market a bit more transparent. Unfortunately, the market is predominantly run by hedge funds. My hope is in your hands. Kind regards from Germany Birger Christan

I would like to propose a fixed T+0 or T+1 settlement date for all shares. FTD's (Failure to deliver) are rampant in the current market structure and allows for adverse effects on price discovery. Enforce a T+0 or T+1 settlement for FTD's and this would saveguard price discovery and mop up shorting fraud without risking liquidity issues.

Rule 1. All short sale shall be reported to finra by end of each settlement day. Rule 2. Finra shall make public report the day to day short sale by end of settlement day or the trading week. Rule 3. All unused loaned shares shall be reported to finra by end of settlement day. Rule 4. Finra shall make public the outstanding unused loaned share by end of settlement day of a trading week. Rule 5. All threshold securities sho regulation shall be reported daily with full accounting of fail to deliver end by end of settlement day. Rule 6.

Enforce rules, larger penalties, end naked short selling, transparency or end/reduce dark pools, limit high frequency trading, limit ability to short sale-naked-over and over, transparency in short sales, regulation sho-strict adherence and compliance regarding threshold list

Dear FINRA, I saw you are looking for comments on 21-19, regarding short positions. Here are my thoughts: -Naked shorting is illegal and conditions need to be met by regulatory agencies to ensure it doesn't happen. - Short positions should need to be reported daily by funds and market makers, and public notice needs to be reported daily on a public website for that purpose, for all holdings and companies in the market. Transparency is key. - Audits need to happen by regulatory agencies to ensure shorts and FTDs are not being hidden in options.

With the technology today and the money that's being made in the markets by all parties, except for retail traders who get the shaft when it comes to getting "free" trades. Even by the sanctioning bodies that are supposed to over watch all of it's "members" and the standards upon which they are held, are not doing their jobs. Not REQUIRING that all members to report in an expediting manner on data which should be publicly available to all parties is giving everyone a chance in a more "fair" market place. Institutional investors should have no more advantage to the system than anyone else.

Full transparency is required moving forward. If long positions are submitted the shorts should be treated the same and disclosed. T+0 would be great. Naked shorts and synthetic shares shouldn’t be required in this market. Married Puts and calls shouldn’t be able to used full stop to synthetically cover any positions.

Rule 1. All short sale shall be reported to finra by end of each settlement day. Rule 2. Finra shall make public report the day to day short sale by end of settlement day or the trading week. Rule 3. All unused loaned shares shall be reported to finra by end of settlement day. Rule 4. Finra shall make public the outstanding unused loaned share by end of settlement day of a trading week. Rule 5. All threshold securities sho regulation shall be reported daily with full accounting of fail to deliver end by end of settlement day. Rule 6.