Our country and history has been brought about by change. Change that may have seemed difficult at the start, may have been viewed negatively, avoided, or even resisted, but eventually led to the greater good for all. This is no different. FINRA 21-19 is a change that needs to happen for the greater good of all. It’s a change that is long overdue and needs to be expedited into action. Where there
Hello. I am a supporter of transparency within the stock market. I have found that there are certain holes in the current regulations that make it possible to conceal important and actionable information from the public. These include: The lack of requirements for disclosure of an entity's short positions The lack of daily (or instant if possible) updates as to the current short interest of
It is my opinion, as a new investor, that clarity of information be the most important aspect of regulation. Beyond tagging each individually purchased share, there is little to no way to keep track of shares that have been shorted, and the delivery process is convoluted. Without going into specific details, and instead focusing on the motive aspects of reporting and regulation, the want and
When Regulation NMS was adopted, the SEC and market observers did not recognize ex-clearing as a significant loophole. In the original crafting of Regulation SHO (implemented in 2005), the industry told the SEC that ex-cleared trades were "rare". As such ex-cleared trades were exempt from much of the short selling regulations. Dark pool trades (ATS and OTC) in 2021 now make up a
I find it it incredibly demeaning that the same people who want to do this to us refuse to regulate themselves. Laws against insider trading for Congress continue to fail while they try and tighten the screws on us. Secondly, this is another way to inhibit short selling. You can't just make us buy stocks and bonds and manipulate the market up and to the right. Let the market work on
Leveraged and inverse ETFs are important to my investment strategy because I don't know how to trade options or short the stocks. It's easy to understand and easy to buy and sell. Please don't take it away from us. Otherwise I will have harder time to accumulate enough savings for my retirement. Please leave it alone, there are tremendous reasons for leverage and
Please leave leveraged and inverse ETFs in tact. They allow simple investors like myself buy and sell simple ETFs like stock without having to do complex short trades or PUTS&CALLS which require more sophisticated trading knowledge. The ETFs work very well and simply for average investor. We realize the risk and losses are contained by broker if necessary. Thank you.
FINRA announced that it has promoted Michael Solomon to Executive Vice President of Examinations and Membership Application Program, effective immediately. Solomon has taken on an expanded leadership role since rejoining FINRA in 2022 as a Senior Vice President and Head of Examinations. Solomon continues to report to Greg Ruppert, Executive Vice President, Member Supervision.
All information regarding what is happening on the stock exchange should be made public, otherwise the „game” is not fair. Short positions should be reporter and tracked daily. The lack of transparency only creates opportunities for Big players. A great example was set by regulators in South Korea who recently made the fines surrounding synthetic/naked shorting/FTDs to appropriately (!) reflect
March 2022 Options Disclosure Document
