FINRA, you have big name institutions that have in the past been found violating regulations on how to properly mark a short as short instead of long, how to properly report information, and how to properly manage it. In a free and transparent marketplace, every institution should have their cards on the table. If they want to invest, they should report it. If they want to short, they should
For a mechanism that is designed to drop the price, why is is shorting permitted whilst the price is already dropping? This does not feel like a mechanism for price discovery, rather a way to force the price down, triggering stop losses from people trying to manage risk. If someone truly believes that the price will drop, let them short during the uptick only. Let there be a central database
SummaryFINRA has amended FINRA Rule 4210 (Margin Requirements) to establish a specified exception under the margin rules with respect to certain short option or warrant positions on indexes that are written against products that track the same underlying index. Referred to as “protected” option or warrant positions, the new exception conforms with similar provisions Cboe recently adopted. The
While short sales can be an important market mechanic to send signals to protect investors from corrupt or inept corporate leadership, hidden short sales and hidden synthetic short sales work against a free and fair marketplace. If institutional and "big money" investors detect reasons to believe that the future success of a company is unlikely, hiding their short positions at best
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NASD is issuing this Notice to supersede NASD Notice to Members 02-28 (Notice or Notice 02-28) and replace the guidance offered in Notice to
I agree with the proposed changes. Data on Short positions should be reported every day including synthetic short positions/naked shorts.
Naked shorting needs to be stopped. Darkpools allow for manipulation of both long and short positions, as well as illegal short positions.
Comments: I am strongly against limited access to leveraged and inverse ETF's. They are not in any way conceptually confusing and they are always accompanied by significant disclaimers describing their short term nature and the extra volatility expected. Limiting access to these products would decrease my ability to effectively manage the risk in my portfolio, especially on the short side.
Proposed New Rule 2231 Regarding Transaction-Specific Disclosures for Customers in Debt Securities Transactions
Please require all institutions and bonafide market makers to report their short positions who are subject to 13(f). Real time reporting of short positions would be beneficial as well. SSR rule needs to also account for naked shares. There have been multiple cases of $gme and $amc being shorted on red candles instead of being shorted on green candles when SSR is active.
