All short positions, including naked short positions created as part of bona fide market making activities, should be created on a lit exchange and reported in their entirety. The term "bona fide market making activity" should be defined by the regulator very specifically. The purpose of creating a naked short position in market making is to give an IOU for that share, and then to
Short selling is an unnecessary practice and should be completely illegal. Blah blah blah “it prevents muh bubble”. [REDACTED]. We’re in a bubble already. The entire market is a sham to funnel money from poor people into the hands of [REDACTED] bankers and techno oligarchs who want to enslave us. Short selling is basically the equivalent of a [REDACTED] light switch. All short sellers should be
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Hi, Having the ability to hedge my retirement funds is essential when there is high volatility in a high volatile world. The easiest way to do this is with a leveraged inverse ETF of the SP500 or Nasdaq. The drift risk in a leveraged inverse ETF is a lot les risky compared to options trading or short selling to hedge a portfolio. Options are complicated, expensive and short-term forms of
No naked shorts. More frequently posted information on short sales
Short positions should be reported daily along with short interest.
Board Approves Rule Proposal to Shorten the Securities Settlement Cycle to T+1 Consistent with Recent SEC Rule Changes, and Allocation of 2022 Fine Monies
WASHINGTON—FINRA’s Board of Governors met on March 9-10 for the first time in 2023. The board approved a rule proposal to amend FINRA rules to conform to the SEC’s rule changes to shorten the securities settlement cycle and discussed a variety
There is no need for FINRA to deny or block regular investors from investing in leveraged funds or complex products. I have been investing in them for years with no issues. The only thing FINRA should do is make illegal "naked" shorting of securities, commodities, or bonds. Naked shorting only serves the purpose of taking companies down or destroying commodities prices. Why this was
FINRA is publishing its quarterly OTC Equities High Price Dissemination List for the fourth quarter of 2022. This updated list of OTC equity securities eligible for trade report dissemination for trades of fewer than 100 shares is effective as of April 10, 2023. To view changes, visit the Daily List: Security Attribute Changes page, select the “Unit of Trades” filter and enter April 6, 2023 as
I cannot get a handle on short interest and am hoping to get reports out faster, in addition the penalty for not reporting short position is not working. If a fund or person is underwater and would hurt to report their shorts they wont and do not and take the penalty as a slap on the wrist and ignore the law. I need more transparency in the market to feel a real trust and unless some action is
