The ability of individuals and companies to not have to report short positions is completely illogical and to me seems coincidental to the nefarious activity surrounding it. Even if no illegal activity is taking place it is a similar position to both calls and puts, that are both required to be reported. I hope FINRA takes my comments (and those of my fellow stock markets citizens) seriously, and investigates how to promote transparency aand trust in the market.

Not enough, severe penalty’s for financial institutions breaking laws or rules

The market manipulation we have witnessed for the past 6 months has been a real eye opener for investors in American markets. Implement your new rules as quickly as possible please. Transparency is key for fair markets. Fine violators in appropriate amounts similar to South Korea's model. Investors are losing faith in our markets and in your organizations ability to self regulate. This is your last chance to make it right.

I believe that shares should not by default be authorized unless a customer authorizes it. By default, without permission, all my brokers loaned my shares. I got pennies of interest for an unknown reason until I investigated. Please disallow loaning until consent of the customer who understands what is going on. Thank you.

I would like more frequent public reporting of short positions and more detail in public reports. I’m very worried about my personal investments being manipulated with this lack of transparency.

Everything should be reported daily. it is now 2021... There is no reason there is a "T+ anything" for reporting. It's all tabulated via computer and should be available immediately for review... these rules are ancient and do not reflect the level automation we are surrounded by in our everyday lives... I can make an ACH deposit from a bank across the world and have it show up in my bank account in a few mins... I'm pretty sure market makers and hedge funds can send an automated report to the governing bodies automatically at the end of every trading day...

*Short positions should be reported daily. I feel that this will provide more insight to the existence of Naked Shorts. *Synthetic Short Positions should most assuredly be reported. *Short volume should be capped and the cap kept low to allow for organic and transparent trading and limit the opportunity to manipulate the stock. *Dark pools should no longer be allowed. *Days on loan should be reduced or be reflected by a firms liquidity, and if a firm has low to no liquidity no borrowing is allowed. *Punishments for violations or misrepresentations of reported date; 1st offense = warning.

I support the changes and request for more transparency in our financial ecosystem, especially around naked short selling.

We absolutely need more transparency in the market. As more and more retail investors are joining the market, many of them are learning that they don't have access to the same information or ability to perform actions within the market that some of the huge institutions and market makers do. Naked shorting, dark pool trading, payment for order flow, etc. are all things that when examined at surface level, can be explained as necessary for the function and efficiency of the market. But at what cost?

Raising the difficulty of market manipulation via naked shorting and rapid trading has become a national mandate since the Robin Hood event. Market transparency is essential to free markets and the moves of institutional investors are bellwethers to retail investors who are harmed by market downturns without equal access to information on market moves. A balance must be struck between the need to have a place to conduct large trades without disturbing the price, and the need of the public for equal information as well as equal risk. David Taxer Founder www.americarehealthbenefits.com