Please update the rules to more accurately report short interest and punish violators of misrepresented position. Clearly this should NOT be done through self-reporting (or at least without regular audits), as the institution have too much to gain by not reporting their positions. If an institution trader is allowed to directly attack a company and negatively effect the price through shorting,
I fully support this effort to improve short interest enhancements. When bad actors are allowed to create a synthetic share out of thin air through dishonesty and illegal activity, they pose the potential to put the entire financial system at risk. If "market makers" are allowed to break rules, including the creation of millions of fake shares, they are given the power to destroy
I oppose restriction to my right to invest. However, if you can help to eliminate naked shorts; I would appreciate very much. It is not right if a person can sell specific stocks while does not own the specific stocks!
Comments: Hello Finra, Readx3. I enjoy using inverse ETFs. They are not complex. It accomplishes a similar result to shorting a stock but with out having to get a margins account. I personally don't trust myself to trade on margin. Many others don't either. It benefits me, because of its simplicity, it benefits the ETF/ETP maker because they can charge me a fee, and it benefits the
I understand the risks involved with these types of investments.
With the ones I hold, I am hoping for interest rates to go up. No matter what type of security I purchase I can loose money. Stocks are shorted Bonds are shorted so what's the difference.
Please look into the manipulation that is hurting retail investors in the AMC and GameStop stocks. The short selling and dark look trading on these stocks is absolutely out of control and prevents a true free market for retail investors.
Please begin to investigate naked shorting that results in FTD’s and synthetics shares being over traded in AMC & GME stock symbols. Shorts need to cover their margin requirements instead of swapping futures in the derivatives market.
I would expect firms, banks, funds, institutions to have to disclose short positions as well as naked short interest as it directly affects company stock value which affects investor's investments. Make it a rule and enforce it.
Any new rules to regulating shorts would be very welcome as a retail investor. As far as I’m concerned, these are the biggest problem in enforcing REG SHO and regulation of the shorting market is the T2 settlement period which obscures net positions for the average investor. And the other is the blurred line of market makers and hedgefunds. Hedgefunds can easily parade themselves as “bona fide”
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The NASD has taken several actions to eliminate short-sale abuses. Notwithstanding these initiatives, an important segment of market participants, including investors and corporate issuers,
