Short positions should be reported daily along with short interest.
Each member carrying securities margin accounts for customers (as such term is defined in Rule 4210(a)(3)) shall make a record each day of every case in which, pursuant to FINRA rules or Regulation T of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, initial or additional margin must be obtained in a customer's account in such format as FINRA may require. The record shall show, for
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The market has officially become a criminal enterprise; One that you've left completely unchecked, and penalized with fines that are relative pocket-change to MMs, BDs, etc., which are pure window dressing. If you actually care to fix this, you can start by honoring the spirit of the free market with real transparency: - Short positions reported in real time. If 3rd party services are
I oppose restrictions on my right to invest in the investments that i choose. I, not regulators, should decide what investment strategy is good for me. If you regulate leveraged and inverse funds, what investments will you regulate in the future? This is a slippery slope. Inverse funds are great for a hedge. And what is the issue, shorting has been allowed forever and is much more risky due to
All short positions, including naked short positions created as part of bona fide market making activities, should be created on a lit exchange and reported in their entirety. The term "bona fide market making activity" should be defined by the regulator very specifically. The purpose of creating a naked short position in market making is to give an IOU for that share, and then to
Do not restrict the public from buying Leveraged ETF's. Leveraged ETF's are are no more risky than an individual stock, as most all stocks always have that possibility of going bankrupt. Penny stocks are more risky than leveraged ETF's, and penny stocks are available for public purchase. Do not restrict the public from buying Leveraged ETF's.
Report short interest and all relevant information DAILY. End loopholes allowing short interest to be artificially hidden with “married calls/puts.” Do something about the relentless and abusive practice of naked shorting. Everyone sees it but the general public cannot do anything about it. Are shares of everything we own are getting significantly and artificially devalued through this rampant
With how poorly the entire market is run, anything that enhances the ability for retail investors to have more transparency is a must. With how easily everything can be manipulated, data being skewed and hidden, naked shorts, FTD's, etc - the entire system needs an overhaul. But at the minimum, 21-19 needs to be passed to allow better transparency involving the reporting of short interest
