I’m just a small time retail investor and I know my opinion doesn’t matter… I’d just like to see maybe more regulation on the dark pool. You have market makers like citadel and many others not just them that also have hedge funds groups, they take trades and stash them in the dark pool. How could we allow the dark pool to have more volume then the actual market? Where do we draw the line in the sand with this manipulation? I mean I understand why we have it but it’s being used for other things now that much is obvious.

More transparency on short sales is for the greater good of markets. If a couple retail investors can run up a dead company like GameStop, just imagine what these large dollar firms are capable of doing to manipulate the markets without their buddies help. Then imagine a handful of these firms acting together for the same greater purpose.

In a fair and open market there should be transparency and a level playing field for all investors; be they retail or institutional. The # of shares shorted should be available IN REAL TIME throughout the trading day. Dark pool trading must be eliminated. We can clearly see that large institutions are buying massive quantities of AMC/GME stock (for example) on the dark pool and then flooding the public exchange with shares (via selling, short-selling and short laddering) in order to MANIPULATE THE PRICE DOWN.

Regulation is much needed to make the short market transparent

More frequent reporting of short positions, eg weekly. Positions, trade date (open), trade date (closed), holder. Optional price and positions without showing holder.

Make SI private and only for the purpose of enduring that shares held short are not greater than the float. Investors are tired of the memesters manipulating markets trying to force shorts to cover/margin calls.

Transparency is essential to our “free” markets and recently implemented rules & regulations mean NOTHING without enforcement. I am sickened by the lack of accountability of our government officials and how naked short-selling and other egregious behaviors have continued for far too long by Hedge Fund institutions with ZERO considerations “paid” to retail investors.

In a fair and open market there should be transparency and a level playing field for all investors; be they retail or institutional. The # of shares shorted should be available IN REAL TIME throughout the trading day. Dark pool trading must be eliminated. We can clearly see that large institutions are buying massive quantities of AMC stock (for example) on the dark pool and then flooding the public exchange with shares (via selling, short-selling and short laddering) in order to MANIPULATE THE PRICE DOWN.

Naked short selling and the black market should be illegal. Every share should have a specific number assigned, tracked and allocated for daily. Each share should only be borrowed for a short position one time, using the specific number assigned. Once the borrower share is returned, only then can it be used again. Short positions should never exceed the actual number of shares that exist for any given stock. Market makers should not have a vested interest in stocks, ETFs, etc. market makers should be a separate entity without prejudice due to manipulation of stock prices.

I believe a more transparent form and frequency of short position reporting would be very beneficial to the stock market and retail investors specifically based on increased trust in the institution as a whole.