Of particular interest is the section on Synthetic Short Positions. It seems that approved participants can use synthetics to improve market liquidity, but it also creates a problem of diluting the stock when the shorts fail to deliver. Would position reporting also help to track FTD's better and implement some regulation to have those failures sufficiently resolved before more synthetics
I oppose having restrictions placed on leveraged ETF;s for the following reasons: 1. There are many individual securities (stocks and funds) that are more volatile than leveraged ETFs 2, Volatility is not risk and more meaningful is the trend of its moving average. e. Volatility provide investors an opportunity to achieve their objective in a shorter time period. Rather than impose restrictions
Hello FINRA, Leveraged and inverse funds are important to my investment strategy. For example in a downward market trend (Q1 2022) I am able to invest in an inverse leveraged fund (e.g., SQQQ) to mitigate downside risk associated with my individual stock NASDAQ investments. As my individual NASDAQ investments declined the loss was offset by my investment in SQQQ. This helped me protect (hedge) my
Fair market! Stop the naked shorts and stock fraud!
Disclosure of short positions. This should be the same as ownership of stocks.
Summary
FINRA is requesting comment on potential enhancements to its short sale reporting program. FINRA is considering: (1) modifications to its short interest reporting requirements (Rule 4560); (2) a new rule to require that participants of a registered clearing agency report to FINRA information on allocations to correspondent firms of fail-to-deliver positions; and (3) other
B. Content of Short Interest Data - The addition of reporting short interest by categories to give a more accurate picture of which entities hold what positions is great for accountability and keeping an open fair market. - Yes. Any short/long position should be reported the same. Synthetic short positions have a history of being used to conceal a form of market manipulation due to its ability to
I am just simply fed up with this incredible UNFAIR "FREE" market. As a retail investor for the better part of the year I began investing with the tolerance to idly stand by as positions where I have stake have been very clearly manipulated. No longer will I be a silent bystander because after the last few weeks I have seen it is very apparent to me that these problems run deeper. I
Please check out manipulative short selling activity on stocks $NURO, $MMAT, $MRIN. The abusive short selling activity has forced price declines in unreasonable amounts and time frames. Please do something about this to protect the interests of us small time retail investors. Appreciate your assistance . Respectfully, DV
Respectfully, Much of what FINRA is “considering” regarding the reporting of Short Selling, Reporting, disclosures, and transparency is all needed to protect not only retail investors both domestic and abroad, but to ensure there is confidence in the US stock market. A failure to close loopholes from hedge funds and create a fair and equitable platform where investors get “real” pricing, and
