Please allow the market to be transparent for everyone. The American people are investing their hard earned money under the assumption the rules are fair. AMC stock is being manipulated behind the scenes weekly. Look into AMC naked shorting. Every transaction should be visible to the public. In my opinion if companies are found to be breaking the rules there needs to be more than fines. As in
Pursuant to the procedures set forth in Rule 6120(b), FINRA shall halt all trading otherwise than on an exchange in any NMS stock, as defined in Rule 600(b) of SEC Regulation NMS, if other major securities markets initiate market-wide trading halts in response to their rules or extraordinary market conditions or if otherwise directed by the SEC. Members must halt quoting and trading otherwise
Dear Sir or Madam,
Leveraged and inverse funds have a place in the equity market. Mostly used short term they can be an effective method of investing in certain types of markets. Although they are higher risk, long term they have proven to have an excellent
rate of return. An investor should not be controlled on how to invest any portion of their assets. These types of etfs are based on stocks.
March 2022 Options Disclosure Document
I have found leveraged and inverse ETFs to be extremely valuable in managing the risk in my personal portfolio without having to try to do so by shorting stocks, which carries significantly more risk. There are plenty of warnings and disclaimers when buying these securities, or even reviewing them, to alert investors of the risks. It would be detrimental to my investment strategy if access to
When purchasing securities, you may pay for them in full or may borrow part of the purchase price from your securities firm. If you choose to borrow funds from a firm, you must open (or have) a margin account with the firm. Some brokerage firms use margin accounts as their default type of account.The portion of the purchase amount that you must deposit is called margin and is
We, the US investing public, need the ability to "short" stock market indices, equity sectors, currencies & commodities, just as the institutions do, to hedge our portfolios and protect the downside in our investment accounts. To not be able to do so would punish the "little guy" and provide all the benefit to the big institutions. We individual investors are acutely
I understand the concern over novice investors utilizing securities they no little or nothing about. The same could be said for novice equity investors - do they understand the companies they are buying? I oppose any further regulation on my right to invest in public investments. Leveraged ETFs are an important tool to use in hedging equity portfolios and for those of us managing retirement funds
On November 15, 2021, the FINRA equity trade reporting facilities (the Alternative Display Facility, the FINRA/Nasdaq Trade Reporting Facilities and the FINRA/NYSE Trade Reporting Facility, through which member firms report OTC transactions in NMS stocks to FINRA1) will begin supporting timestamps up to nanosecond (HH:MM:SS.sssssssss) granularity in accordance with amendments to FINRA’s equity
FINRA is publishing its quarterly OTC Equities High Price Dissemination List for the third quarter of 2022. This updated list of OTC equity securities eligible for trade report dissemination for trades of fewer than 100 shares is effective as of December 16, 2022. To view changes, visit the Daily List: Security Attribute Changes page, select the “Unit of Trades” filter and enter December 15, 2022
