FINRA 21-19 is an absolutely necessary change. Many people, myself included, have become quite disillusioned and leery regarding the current United States market, mostly due to systemic risk developed under the regulatory authority of FINRA's outdated short interest reporting policy. While many of the policies mentioned in Regulatory Notice 21-19 address the general breadth of exploitable and ineffective reporting, they also leave significant specific gaps that could compromise the entirety of 21-19's purpose. Any and all regulation changes regarding short interest reporting should be effective in every known circumstance where effective short positions, synthetic or not, can go unaccounted for for any length of time greater than any other short position reporting deadline. Additionally, the cost of operations necessary for applicable market members to accommodate these standards cannot be reasonably compared to the cost of a compromised market with systemic risk or the loss of investor confidence and participation in the US economy. If things do not change to be better regulated and fair for the "average joe" I don't think anyone will further participate.
Anonymous-C Comment On Regulatory Notice 21-19
FINRA 21-19 is an absolutely necessary change. Many people, myself included, have become quite disillusioned and leery regarding the current United States market, mostly due to systemic risk developed under the regulatory authority of FINRA's outdated short interest reporting policy. While many of the policies mentioned in Regulatory Notice 21-19 address the general breadth of exploitable and ineffective reporting, they also leave significant specific gaps that could compromise the entirety of 21-19's purpose. Any and all regulation changes regarding short interest reporting should be effective in every known circumstance where effective short positions, synthetic or not, can go unaccounted for for any length of time greater than any other short position reporting deadline. Additionally, the cost of operations necessary for applicable market members to accommodate these standards cannot be reasonably compared to the cost of a compromised market with systemic risk or the loss of investor confidence and participation in the US economy. If things do not change to be better regulated and fair for the "average joe" I don't think anyone will further participate.