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Flavian Dioscuri Comment On Regulatory Notice 21-19

Over the past few months, it has become clear that there is a lot of vital market data that is not accessible to the average retail trader. It is not a free and fair market when dark pool trading makes up the majority of trades. The dark pool in essence is a legal black market for trading and it is very exclusive. New and old retail traders have realized the market manipulation that is occurring, and has been occurring, on a very grand scale.

Jordan G Comment On Regulatory Notice 21-19

- Short interest positions to be public knowledge, not on a website behind pay walls. - Daily reports updated to a site FREE to the public. - Reports also to include Dark Pool Data, as these unlit exchanges are seemingly used more frequently than the lit ones now. Why report on numbers that wont even be the whole picture. - Watch for laundering in crypto/other markets that allow for institutions to barely pass on liquidity tests/rules. - Bias free reporting and no conflicts of interest between FINRA members and individuals who hold positions at overleveraged institutions.

Margie Sheehan Comment On Regulatory Notice 21-19

I think retail is extremely desirous of seeing more frequent reporting and as much of that made publicly available as possible. At least of a weekly or bi-weekly basis. I believe the currently attempted short squeeze is bring to light that lack of transparency is being used to commit fraud and establish predatory roles against companies. The conduct of these financial professionals qualifies as criminal and the retail investor demands mor transparency. The watering of stock has been an issue for nearly a century.

David Murray Comment On Regulatory Notice 21-19

In general, there needs to be more real time transparent data. Retail investors are not playing on an equal playing field in a supposed free market. With market manipulation obviously taking place with stocks such as $GME and $AMC, things need to change and companies need to be held more accountable. Measly fines or just looking the other way is just an insult to what our market, economy, and country is supposed to be about.

Anonymous-R Comment On Regulatory Notice 21-19

The actual short interest of AMC is not correctly reflected on the websites provided to public. If FINRA wants to investigate in real, then it has to look up dark pool data and short interest in dark pool and only the orders related to sell are routed through exchange and rest buy orders are routed through dark pool. THIS IS NOT FAIR AS NAKED SHORTING WAS BANNED IN 2008 BUT IT IS SAD TO SEE THAT THE LAW STILL ALLOWS INSTITUTIONS TO PRACTICE. IFTHERE IS A LAW..IT SHOULD BE EQUAL FOR EVERYBODY EITHER PUBLIC OR HEDGE FUNDS.