I am a "retail investor" who has been aware of naked shorting for over 10 years, being invested in Inovio Pharmaceuticals, one of the most shorted stocks in the market. The manipulation of the share price over the years has been criminal. As stated on your website, "FINRA is authorized by Congress to protect America’s investors by making sure the broker-dealer industry operates fairly and honestly." When are you going to start taking this mandate seriously and do your job?

I fully support all increases in what must be reported with regards to short positions, and the frequency in reporting. If regulators are truly worried about the gamification of the market then close the loopholes and increase transparency particularly around ‘naked’ shorts. Shorts are just tools but dangerous tools that are currently far too easy to abuse with malice intent.

Please investigate criminal activity such as naked shorting..... into any hedge funds that are illegally affecting a market of any given stock.

As a retail investor I believe that the provably widespread practice of naked shorting dilutes the share pool of companies that I believe in which artificially lowers stock prices. It is a method that predatory short hedge funds use to drive stock prices down, rather than allowing the market to engage in true price discovery. This causes companies which might otherwise be beneficial to society to shut down, illegally lowers my investment returns, and undermines my faith in the market.

I 100% support broader and more detailed reporting on short sales. This information would lead to a fairer market through transparency and allow all parties to better understand the marketplace.

As a retail investor, I am concerned about the fairness of the current financial system. Having read many theoretical posts on r/Superstonk about the economy and doing my own research, I believe that more regulation on shorting is necessary in order to avoid the unfair devaluation of companies and protect smaller companies from its effects. In particular, more needs to be done about Fail-to-Delivers and synthetic shares to reduce the power that Market Makers and Hedge Funds have in determining the value of a stock on the market.

Hello FINRA, This is my comment for 21-19, regarding short positions. As I see it, the current US market is full of fraud which preys on the working classes, with our regulatory agencies being complicit. They are complicit through their inaction, with years of unchecked fraud, and market manipulation. It has been discovered that naked short selling by large hedge funds like Citadel and Susquehana has been allowed to happen with impunity.

This needs quick implementation so added transparency can give investors faith in FINRA as a reporting agency.