As a RIA for over 20 yrs I have seen my fair share of shorting and have done it with some equities in special cases for aggressive clients. I am a small independent RIA that uses a combination of ETFs and individual stocks in the management of my clients funds. I can tell you flat out that the system of clearing and reporting short sales is completely broken. This is especially true with small, mid, and micro cap stocks. I have owned my firm for 10 yrs and will now no longer buy or hold any small cap stocks.....and instead just buy the index.

Hello, my name is Justin Darrow. I'm pleased to see you're requesting feedback on how to make the stock market more fair, something the SEC doesn't seem to do. When it come to short interest positions, there are 3 things I'd love to see besides the wonderful things you mentioned 1. A T+0 settlement would obviously be the best option. Atleast after market close but buy orders, sell orders and short sale orders and interest should shown in real time. 2.When institutions have to disclose their long position publicly, they should also have to report their short positions.

i as a retail investor believe that institutions have for far too long been able to maneuver the market at a whim and arent beholden to the same type of rules as the average investor. in such a world, whales are able to make big (and sometimes) dumb moves and the average investor is handicapped when looking to make informed trades about such moves. Often the data that we are presented is incomplete, inaccurate and otherwise useless because its not relevant by the time its published. I implore you, as a regulating body to level the playing field.

I would like to see something done about the dark pool trading and the lack of reporting that comes from trading outside of the markets. Manipulation by routing buy orders into darkpool trading and leaving sells in the market to manipulate the price while also using the dark pools to ladder attack with synthetic shares which don't get reported needs to end. Hiding short sells in options is another item that needs attention. The global attention from millions of people in the U.S. markets is enormous and is turning it into a laughing stock.

I would like for institutions to report naked shares and synthetic shares on a regular basis. The realistic option would be design a system that would not allow naked shorting. A system that would not even make it possible for them to naked short or sell synthetic shares. It puts retail traders at a disadvantage. On a side note, hedge funds are no longer needed. It's an outdated and unnecessary business entity that shouldn't exist. Just dissolve hedge funds. Hedge fund employees are intelligent enough to find jobs in other areas of the economy where there is a real need.

There needs to be regulations like the ones listed on synthetics and naked shorts since naked were deemed illegal. these Hedge funds are making hand over fist controlling the markets and crashing us to make even more money. They need rules and regulations just like anyone else does. This currently is not a fair and free market its a dictated market by huge hedge funds that have no regulations.

In my 20 years of investment business I have never seen a more blatant illegal manipulation like I have witnessed in AMC Stock. This must have over 3 BILLION synthetic shares that have been sold short. The failure to delivers are beyond counting. The hedge fund backed media lies on a constant basis even creating fake companies to cause fear to try and manipulate the price of the stock down. (See Iceberg Research for prime example) This is a total mockery and will completely discredit the entire US stockmarket if something isn't done to margin call these cheaters. DO YOUR JOB SEC!!!

Provide equal transparency and fairness for all without the special privileges for having great wealth

Short positions should have to be reported daily and accurately. Raw data should be supplied. Dark pool data should be reported same day and again raw data. Failure to do so should open up an investigation and not just carry the same monetary fines that they currently do.

Can you please do something about the short/naked shorts going on with AMC Entertainment. I’ve heard Citidel Hedge fund has something to do with it. Please make a change for the hard working people of this country.