Hedge funds use techniques such as naked shorting, dark pools, and other questionable techniques to transfer money from retail investors to such funds. It is of the utmost importance that there is a level playing field thus that any type of short is logged, incuding which type of short it is, who is doing this etc. And to do this on a regular basis (daily?) so there is a more level playing field
Regulatory Notice 21-19; I have watched the stock that I am invested in get shorted into the ground, manipulated through short ladder attacks and dark pool trading. If I am to maintain any faith at all in the integrity of the North American stock market system, it can only happen if Citadel Securities is called to report their short position and other requested information per the Regulatory
Short selling is an unnecessary practice and should be completely illegal. Blah blah blah “it prevents muh bubble”. [REDACTED]. We’re in a bubble already. The entire market is a sham to funnel money from poor people into the hands of [REDACTED] bankers and techno oligarchs who want to enslave us. Short selling is basically the equivalent of a [REDACTED] light switch. All short sellers should be
Filing Guidance - Public Offering Review
For far too long the stock market has been tilted/manipulated in favor of Wall Street. The issue is naked short selling. Despite being made illegal after the 2008–2009 financial crisis, naked shorting continues to happen because of loopholes in rules and discrepancies between paper and electronic trading systems. More often than you think great companies such as Clover Health. Clover Health was
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
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
Hello FINRA, I saw you are looking for comments on 21-19, regarding short positions. As I see it, the current US market is full of nothing but fraud, with the regulatory agencies being complicit. They are complicit through their complacency, with years of unchecked fraud and market manipulation through naked short selling by large hedge funds like Citadel and Susquehana being allowed to happen
No naked shorts. More frequently posted information on short sales
*Short positions should be reported daily. I feel that this will provide more insight to the existence of Naked Shorts. *Synthetic Short Positions should most assuredly be reported. *Short volume should be capped and the cap kept low to allow for organic and transparent trading and limit the opportunity to manipulate the stock. *Dark pools should no longer be allowed. *Days on loan should be
