Pamela Davis , I should be able to purchase as well to whatever stocks I deem to acquire. I should not have to be tested per se or read certain materials to purchase. This is controlling and manipulative ways to not allow person who are not stock regulators to purchase stock. This is a travesty to say the least.
Short interest should be disclosed daily in order to level the playing field with retail traders. Naked shorting and dark pool trading needs to be completely done away with
Short positions should be reported daily, with proof they are not naked shorts. How long can you continue to let them dump more synthetic shares in the market.
MARGIN CALLS. MAKE THEM CLOSE SHORT POSITIONS. RESTRICT TRADING ON OFF MARKET EXCHANGES (dark pool) FORCE OVERLEVERAGED SHORT POSITIONS TO BE CLOSED AND LIQUIDATED
In not in agreement how shorts are been managed and how SEC are filling rules and there’s no action to thw hedge funds that are shorting. The system is confrontating manipulation and needs to be addressed
Please do not place new restrictions on leveraged or inverse ETFs and traditional mutual funds.
As mutual funds, both ETFs and traditionals are well-regulated and their fee structures are transparent. They are also easy to use through many brokerages.
For an investor who at times wants to use leverage or an inverse position for a short period of time, inverse and leveraged mutual funds are the
Short selling has not gone beyond simply providing for market liquidity and has become a method to destroy shareholder value. New rules (or better enforcement) need to take place to prevent this from continuing. Start by forcing all brokers to default their clients' positions to "not lend." This will restrict the available shares. Additionally, mandate that all short positions
Hello, As a full-time investment portfolio manager for the last 15 years, I feel like this entire filing is yet another moot point. No matter which valid point I bring up, the Commission will only find it invalid, however, here goes nothing: I respectfully advise the Commission to re-think the overall goal in respect to their job function. You're asking for comment on something very little
Strong enforcement of illegal naked shorting. Penalties should be more than a slap on the wrist, or nothing at all. It's illegal, don't allow it. Any company caught naked short selling should be prohibited from trading on exchanges. Start out with a 1-week ban on all trading for that company for a first offense, and increase the time for each offense thereafter with a final penalty of
All reporting should be live and up to date always. Funds need to stop shorting companies into the ground. No trading of synthetic anything. It’s just being maliciously abused by market makers. No shorting in unregulated exchanges. I’m sure there’s many more, but it’s hard to keep track of all the felonious behavior. Retail traders are being robbed of their money all over the market by things not
