I would like to see more information and transparency in reporting of short sale positions. I am a retail investor and would like an even playing field with hedge funds. I understand that other markets have stopped the short share positions to stimulate the economy. Thank you for your time

I think fines should be raised. All short sales should be reported to you bu the end of each day and made public just like when you buy a share. Enforse FTD purchases upon noncompliance within 2 settlement days. I think it’s unfair that things are not more transparent. It’s our money our shares that are loaned out without permission. Please raise fines so they think twice before illegal things are done with a slap on the wrist. The fines now are not high enough. They have billions of dollars to throw away a day. Just my thoughts. Have a great day

Per your request for Regulatory Notice 21-19 regarding Short Positions, please find my comment below. The current requirements for short sale reporting, thorough as they may seem, are woefully inadequate in terms of depth, clarity and public transparency. I'd like to take the time to address what I see as issues that clearly and with immediate care must be addressed when considering short sales, market makers, hedge funds, and legal institutions tapped to enforce laws that clearly have no teeth in terms of punishment or enforcement.

Enforcement and transparency. There is no enforcement on the rules that are already in place. SSR is not enforced at all. T+0 settlement, ban payment for order flow, stop routing all our buys through dark pools (the dark pools are not being used as inteded), add real punishments for repeat offenders (jail time), force shorts to cover their synthetic shares.

I’m not educated nor do I speak/write English well. But the way the stock market works, it seem that the rich have a different rules while retail have very limited tools. Why are they allowed to short stocks without reporting? Why are they allowed to manipulate prices via dark pools? It’s like we are watching a game of football, betting which sides win, but retail only see 25% of the field while selected few have the entire field. We want changes. We want info that they have. We want the tools needed to compete and not be sheeps acting as food for the wolves to prey on. Thank you

I would like to see more transparency when it comes to short positions of institutions. Daily accurate reporting; no more hiding how big institutions move the stock market in their favor.

I was just wanting to know if anyone is looking into some of the options for $GME? It just seems really peculiar to me to have thousands of contracts being purchased so far from any realistic price point. I'm talking puts for 50¢ and $1 shares. I'm concerned this is where/how naked shorting is taking place/being "hidden". Anyhow, thank you for your assistance in this matter. I hope you have a great day!

The problem is not the rules... Rules are there already and you know as well as everyone else that the issue is that the rules are for thee and not for me. Enforce the rules that are on the books and stop not only the naked short selling but also the political hacks working for your agency and all throughout the financial industry regulatory authorities. Tell me... How much again did Pelosi make on her stocks when she and others decided to open up the pentagon bidding process to Amazon? The corruption has reached an all time high and trust in your agency is less than non-existent.

The only thing evil needs to thrive, is for good men to do nothing. The market as a whole is trash and the world is beginning to ask questions. Better to turn it upside down and fix it, than to let it run off its wheels.

I’m in full agreement with most of the changes you have added above. Naked shorts and FTD are reeking havoc on price discovery and there’s little to no visibility on this type of data. Without information and transparency we can’t have a truly free market.