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
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
(a) When and How Transactions are Reported(1) Transaction Reporting During Normal Market HoursMembers shall, as soon as practicable but no later than 10 seconds after execution, transmit to the ADF, or if the ADF is unavailable due to system or transmission failure, by telephone, facsimile or e-mail to FINRA Market Operations, last sale reports of transactions in ADF-eligible securities executed
(a) When and How Transactions are Reported(1) Trade Reporting Facility Participants shall, as soon as practicable but no later than 10 seconds after execution, transmit to the FINRA/Nasdaq Trade Reporting Facility or if the FINRA/Nasdaq Trade Reporting Facility is unavailable due to system or transmission failure, by telephone to the FINRA/Nasdaq Trade Reporting Facility Operations Department,
US citizens should be allowed to invest as they wish. Regulation is nothing short of communism.
Dont do it, unless you want to fix naked shorting and synthetic shares
Short positions need to be reported daily by everyone. No exceptions.
More transparency in shorting. Point blank period.
