The revelations of opacity around short selling, trade settlement, and unlit off-exchange trading is deeply troubling and an abomination to the ideals of free and transparent capital markets. The delay and self reporting of short interest, coupled with lack of meaningful deterrents like imprisonment or material fines (fining Robinhood $70 million for their role in the January Gamestop shenanigans
In regards to regulatory notice 21-19 regarding short positions... In my opinion, the current US financial system is highly fraudulent, with the regulatory agencies being complicit. They are complicit by complacency, with years of unchecked fraud and market manipulation through naked short selling by large hedge funds like Citadel and Susquehanna being allowed to happen with impunity. The SEC and
October 3, 2022 Re: Regulatory Notice 22-17, Request for Comment on a Proposal to Shorten the Trade Reporting Timeframe for Transactions in Certain TRACE-Eligible Securities From 15 Minutes to One Minute Dear FINRA, In response to the proposed amendment to FINRA Rule 6730, we are respectfully providing comments as to why the amendment, which would change the reporting time from 15 minutes to one
Current rules/regulations that are in place to monitor/report short selling and positions associated with short selling are entirely inadequate. Rules in place that allow for many loop-holes including short exempt, married calls/puts and dark pool activity + high frequency trading leaves currently regulations looking like swiss-cheese. Abuse from market makers and hedgefunds that are paid in gold
Finra, The short selling on the market has become a joke to many of us. We see so much manipulation with simple indictators like the Inflow beating the Outflow by i.e. '100' yet we manage to drop $5? So, it would be nice to see (for a start) if this is shorting pressure, or if this is manipulation. It would give us chance to evaluate why the stock is dropping yet its only being bought
Greetings, Shorting as a market practice is unfair and illogical. How can a person sell what they do not own? That should not be legal and seems like fraud, to be blunt. Self-reporting also does not seem to be working, and the ability for borrowed stock to be mis-marked is a serious issue. Shares need a better marking system to denote “borrowed” and “sold while borrowed (shorted)”, and a running
It is in the best interest of all participants invested in the stock market to have potentially influential information when making important, calculated, and delicate financial decisions. With additions made to FINRA's short sale reporting program, specifically the procedures as instructed by Rule 4560, a gob of data can capture the eyes of all investors to help make better informed
First I want to say that the money I use to invest or trade the market is mine and I should be able to use it as I see fit. I often use inverse funds to hedge or take advantage of short term pull backs in the market. It seems to me to be a lot easier to buy an inverse fund than to acquire shares to short or use an options strategy. I also often use long leveraged funds to take advantage of the
Hi Some considerations Shorting should only be allowed if the Stock has been pre-located , will an audit trail and consent of loan from Holder , not just custodian . If Shares are electronic they should should have a marker that will only allow them to be Loaned / Shorted against max 1 times. other wise if marker reflects share is already oan it wont be eligible. This makes a good motivation to
I believe that inverse funds are necessary to effectively manage my portfolio. As an individual investor it can be very challenging to hedge against market volatility and large draw-downs in the market. Inside retirement accounts, I have very few tools to hedge my portfolio, shorting and options are generally not allowed. That leaves buying of inverse ETFs as one of the few options to provide
