FINRA 21-19 is a long overdue change. It is critical for the survivability of the US Markets that transparency and trust remain with to sustain it. Recent events have called that critical trust relationship into question, and as an American who serves this country, I urge FINRA do its utmost to ensure that the integrity of the United States markets remain intact. Unfortunately, businesses have
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On June 29, 1994, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved a proposed Interpretation to Article III, Section 1 of the NASD Rules of Fair Practice that
SEC Approves Amendments to Require Firms to Report OTC Transactions in Equity Securities as Soon as Practicable, But No Later Than 10 Seconds, Following Execution
I am writing to request that leveraged and inverse finds remain open to average investors. These products do have their own risks and my broker places several warnings before I can make a trade in an inverse or leveraged product. These are meant for short term and day trading only and there are many warnings that they are not intended for long term and you can lose everything if you do. I think
I oppose limits on investing in leveraged instruments. I do so on both the long and short side, and also use options. I understand the risks and limits. If you impair these instruments you will be impairing my ability to generate extra income while hedging long exposure to my portfolio and economic risks (e.g., selling cash covered puts on short ETFs). Please stop impairing open investing, and
As a college student who works for near minimum wage, saving for my future, no matter how frugal, amounts to very little. Since investing, leveraged stocks have given my capital a turnover that puts my financial goals on track, given due diligence. Banning leveraged stocks would be another financial avenue closed to the working class, who simply want to save for their own home.
Inverse leveraged ETFS have helped me to hedge my long term stock investments. I have been warned to not hold them for long, and I can use a trailing stop to avoid big losses. Because of these products I dont panic in a sell off, and I can continue to hold my stocks and collect my dividends. Please dont take these tools away because of some reckless traders.
As a smaller investor (net worth <$1,000,000), I find that there is great value in being able to trade with a leveraged product. By using a leveraged product that does not require me to use personal margin, I can keep myself debt free, use a leveraged product, obtain the benefit of either rising or falling markets, and hedge long or short. I trade and focus on the S&P 500 only.
Short interest should not be self reported. Needs to be transparent and reported daily. FTD's should cause HEAVY fines. I mean, HEAVY. Maybe 50% of annual profit of a company. Naked shorts need to be investigated, openly disclosed to the public and result in heavy monetary penalties, as well as temporary ban from trading a particular security (maybe 30 or 90 days ban). High frequency trading
As a retail investor i’m strongly in favour if these changes to the gathering and publishing of data regarding short positions and the regulation of options based synthetic-share creation. These rules are a strong step forward in protecting the interests of everyday shareholders, those who invest the most, and have the most to lose when abuse, corruption, malfeasance, or negligence are allowed to
