Investors need to make their own decisions about these products. Inverse ETFs allow me to short the market as a hedge without having to take on the unlimited liability of actually shorting the index ETFs.
Short selling has not gone beyond simply providing for market liquidity and has become a method to destroy shareholder value. New rules (or better enforcement) need to take place to prevent this from continuing. Start by forcing all brokers to default their clients' positions to "not lend." This will restrict the available shares. Additionally, mandate that all short positions
Every investor should have access to the following data(In real time whenever available) -Updates on short interest data -Settlement on transactions - Failure to deliver data -Synthetic short data (so called naked shorts) -13F filings for short positions Additionally the following practices should be either be made illegal or become significantly more regulated * Single side dark pool trading
FINRA 21-19 is something that our "free and fair" markets desperately need. For too long, retail investors like myself have been kept in the dark. It has become more clear than ever that our markets are teetering on a sword's edge due to a lack of transparency and accountability. - Account-level Position Information: Alternatively, FINRA is considering requiring firms to report (
Daily reporting of new short positions. Complete transparency of companies entering short positions (similar to the way long positions are reported).
We need more frequent public reporting of short positions and more detail in those public reports. Naked shorting is illegal!!!
Just want to say all aspects of short sales need to be much more transparent, along with dark pools/naked shorting, etc.
Both, short interest and SIPR should be open to the public daily. No exceptions! Also better regulations on short interest should be establish.
Strong enforcement of illegal naked shorting. Penalties should be more than a slap on the wrist, or nothing at all. It's illegal, don't allow it. Any company caught naked short selling should be prohibited from trading on exchanges. Start out with a 1-week ban on all trading for that company for a first offense, and increase the time for each offense thereafter with a final penalty of
All reporting should be live and up to date always. Funds need to stop shorting companies into the ground. No trading of synthetic anything. It’s just being maliciously abused by market makers. No shorting in unregulated exchanges. I’m sure there’s many more, but it’s hard to keep track of all the felonious behavior. Retail traders are being robbed of their money all over the market by things not
