As a small retail investor investing for me and my families future I’m glad to hear that sunlight is finally leaking into the shorting faculties of our market. Accurate and honest short interest reporting helps reassure me as an individual investor that larger institutions aren’t abusing gaps in reporting to get an unfair advantage and add instability and volatility to our markets. That being
As previously announced on March 22, 2024 in a FINRA Trade Reporting Notice, FINRA is implementing enhancements to the FINRA equity trade reporting facilities1 to support the reporting of fractional share quantities. These enhancements are being made in coordination with the Unlisted Trading Privileges (UTP) and Consolidated Tape Association (CTA) Securities Information Processors (SIPs) to
SEC Approval of FINRA Rule 4554 (Alternative Trading Systems—Recording and Reporting Requirements of Order and Execution Information for NMS Stocks)
FINRA is soliciting comment on a concept proposal to establish liquidity risk management requirements. The concept proposal describes a potential rule, labeled Rule 4610, that is intended to ensure that members have sufficient liquid assets to meet their funding needs in both normal and stressed conditions. Broadly, the proposal outlines three areas where a potential rule might address liquidity risk, including liquidity stress testing, contingent funding plans and a requirement to maintain sufficient liquidity on a current basis at all times. FINRA is issuing this concept proposal so that any feedback received can be taken into account as FINRA considers a proposed rule; any proposed rule would need to be reviewed and approved by the FINRA Board of Governors, and then filed with and approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission. FINRA welcomes comment on all aspects of the concept proposal, including comment on alternatives to the proposed approach.
(a) Filing Requirements
Each member that sells a security in a non-public offering in reliance on an available exemption from registration under the Securities Act ("private placement") must: (i) submit to FINRA, or have submitted on its behalf by a designated member, a copy of any private placement memorandum, term sheet or other offering document, and any retail communication (as
I believe short interest positions need to be more transparent with mandatory declaration of short positions and frequent updates on those positions. after the fallout of "GME" having over 100% short interest, it shows that there is widespread abuse of the current short sale reporting which leads to major market and security instability
FINRA Requests Comment on a Proposal to Identify OTC Equity Trades Reported More Than Two Seconds After Execution as “Out of Sequence” and Not Last Sale Eligible
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Quantum mechanics is a branch of physics that deals with the complex properties of atoms and sub-atomic particles.2 Quantum computing leverages the principles of quantum mechanics to solve problems too large or complex for traditional computers. Although quantum computing is still
Shorting a company is fine, but malicious shorting and the use of naked shorting along with dark pool abuse is far from fine. The fact that hedge funds can do this is disgusting and a slap in the face of the retail investor. They need to be openly called out and exposed, and the use of naked shorting and dark pool abuse done away with.
While short sales can be an important market mechanic to send signals to protect investors from corrupt or inept corporate leadership, hidden short sales and hidden synthetic short sales work against a free and fair marketplace. If institutional and "big money" investors detect reasons to believe that the future success of a company is unlikely, hiding their short positions at best
