I think individual investors are severely disadvantaged when compared to other market participants when it comes to the issue of access to information. We desperately need more transparency surrounding short selling. I urge you to implement requirements for more frequent reporting of short positions. Anything you can do to get more data in the hands of the public is a step in the right direction.
What is going on in the market today with short selling is absolute market manipulation. How are traders allowed to operate on dark poles? How are they able to short shares that not only do they not home, but often times don’t even exist? The market needs to be a level playing field for both institutional traders and retail traders alike. The SEC Needs to take action against illegal activity!
I believe that inverse funds are necessary to effectively manage my portfolio. As an individual investor it can be very challenging to hedge against market volatility and large draw-downs in the market. Inside retirement accounts, I have very few tools to hedge my portfolio, shorting and options are generally not allowed. That leaves buying of inverse ETFs as one of the few options to provide
First let me say that I am a Roosevelt supporter (Teddy and FDR), not anti-government.
I have traded ProFunds, which offers shorts and leverage, for about ten years. ProFunds is my favorite fund family.
I do not have an advisor or broker, and I never have or will. Common knowledge is that advisors underperform markets by the amount of their fees.
What regulators should do, if our bribed
You guys need to look into the dark pool, The synthetic shorts, the illegal shorts hedge funds are barrowing and/or taking, the stock manipulation they're doing to both AMC/GME. And certain platforms associated w/ big hedge funds are turning off the "BUY" button with no consequences!!!! This has been going on for years but with these meme stocks it's at an all times high. It
The idea that institutions can sell shorts on a stock without actually owning a stock is absolutely unbelievable. Then add to that the ability to not even have to imitably purchase shares is ludicrous. Oh then scare them with putting them on threshold list that never gets enforced. Also a 48 hour delay to report in today’s worlds is totally inappropriate. Why not at the close of everyday shorts
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On February 16, 2006, NASD filed for immediate effectiveness with
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Short selling is illegal. Whether large market makers and subsidiaries are in litigation or not the regulatory bodies have a duty to enforce appropriate corrections for an inherently manipulated market. Short interest position reporting should be instant IF even allowed which it shouldn’t be. All the regulatory bodies keep trying to distract the public by asking questions and posting on social
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The organization doing the shorting should not be the one reporting that it actually shorted or the current amount. Everything in the stock market should be electronic, reported as it happens by automated means, and documented for all to see in a central location. Everything in the stock market could be automated and these "market makers" / hedge funds are taking advantage of the system
