The Extended Hours Trading topic of the 2025 FINRA Annual Regulatory Oversight Report (the Report) informs member firms’ compliance programs by providing annual insights from FINRA’s ongoing regulatory operations, including (1) regulatory obligations, (2) findings and effective practices, and (3) additional resources.
Albin SWE In a free and fair market there should be absolute transparency. The number of shares shorted should be available in real time during trading hours. No more dark pool trading. Every single share sold should be reported and able to be located at any time. Market manipulation is rampant and hurting retail investors. Get rid of algo trading back and forth. Naked shorts and FTDs should
There market needs more transparency! Shares shorted should be available in real time during trading hours. Stop dark pool trading! All shares sold should be reported and able to be located at any time! Market manipulation is rampant and hurting retail investors. Please discontinue algorithm trading or at least regulate it more. Naked shorting and Fail to Delivers should carry harsher penalties
I would like to See ALL Data daily regarding short positions. How is it that high frequency trading can be programmed to carry out millions upon millions of short transactions daily, but not able to simply submit data regarding those positions. They should be submitted daily along with darkpool positions. Transparency needs to become 100% as this will also help keep markets more honest because
1) Market maker cannot run their hedge funds : They have huge conflict of interest in their actions as market maker. 2) Mandatory short interest and long interest on weekly basis 3)US to adopt a settlement discipline regime (like EU's CSDR), which would reverse failed trades and suspend market participants who repeatedly fail to deliver shares sold 4) Acting on current rules diligently. 5)
I have spent thousands of hours reading, researching, and investigating all of the ins and outs of the markets for many years. Never have I ever seen as much blatant manipulation as we do now by certain short sellers. The media articles. The dark pool trading. Short sellers MUST BE INVESTIGATED. They're hiding the manipulation in broad daylight. And it's cost me thousands of settled
More frequent public reporting of short positions is needed, more detail in public reports, and more transparency for the retail investor. The markets have become a corrupt and lopsided playing field that caters to big money and leaves the retail investor at a decided disadvantage. Hedge funds play by a different set of rules, and then get slapped on the wrist for the kinds of illegal activities
TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
LAST DATE FOR COMMENT: JANUARY 30, 1986
The National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD), is requesting comment on two proposed amendments to the NASD Rules of Fair Practice. The proposed amendments would require members to (a) mark all customer order tickets "long" or "short" and (b) make an affirmative
Please do not block us from trading any stock I want, I feel that I should have my own right & freedom to chose where I want to invest and I dont like being restricted. So please do not add any restrictions to buy any stock.
Summary
FINRA has adopted amendments to Rule 6730 (Transaction Reporting) to require members to append a modifier to a corporate bond trade that is part of a portfolio trade when reporting to FINRA’s Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine (TRACE). The amendments to Rule 6730 will take effect on May 15, 2023.
The amended text of the rule is set forth in Attachment A.
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