The reporting of shorts and especially synthetic shorts have been overlooked for a very long time, because of this I absolutely believe this will benefit every single investor. These rules should be implemented and require daily reporting to the public by the firms FINRA regulates. I sincerely hope that FINRA implements and enforces these rules as the confidence in the state of todays stock
We need better short intrest data. Real time data as it happens no more retail has to wait 2 days to find out what's going on. This puts us at a disadvantage as institutions have real time data as to what retail is doing mainly because of pfof, Bernie Madoff created pfof so that is giant red flag. We need real time data to what institutions are buying and selling if they have ours. Real time
Thank you for taking the time to address these issues. As a retail investor I believe short interest in all of its forms including Call/Put options should be publicly available. Much information is hidden from retail and this needs to change. I hope there is serious consideration for how offenders WILL try to overcome the spirit of these regulations. "Enhanced lending" "short
My experience investing has been limited to my own money from my retirement savings and having NO FORMAL education in investing. (I am 73 yrs old and my occupation was that of an Audiologist.) When the Federal Reserve over-extends credit causing inflation, I have to make up for my losses due to that inflation. One avenue is to short treasury notes via TBT and that vehicle has been a very
This has all the hallmarks of market manipulation similar to what was seen during the Bush Administration in 2008. This type of manipulation wouldn't be necessary but for the incredibly loose monetary policy and failure to properly regulate IPOs, and especially SPACs, that seemed designed to take money from retail investors and give it to insiders. You can't possibly be worried about
IMPORTANT MAIL VOTE
OFFICERS, PARTNERS AND PROPRIETORS
TO: All NASD Members
LAST VOTING DATE IS OCTOBER 3, 1986.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
NASD members are invited to vote on a proposed new Rule of Fair Practice, which would require members to maintain a record of their total "short" positions in NASDAQ securities in all customer and proprietary firm accounts and report this information,
Remove market makers status from all institutions as this seems to be a direct conflict of interest. Ensure that short positions are monitored and reported daily. Prosecute market manipulators including those that pay main stream media and ensure that this also comes with jail time. Make FTDS are a thing of the past. Ensure that short positions cannot be hidden multiple ways as they are now! Make
TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
On December 19, 1985, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved a new Article III, Section 41 of the NASD Rules of Fair Practice (SEC Release No. 34-22731). The rule establishes a new requirement for members to maintain a record of their total "short" positions in NASDAQ securities in all customer and proprietary firm accounts and
Have all short sales be reported to finra by end of each settlement day. Make public and report the day to day short sale by end of settlement day or the trading week. Have unused loaned shares reported to finra by end of settlement day. Make public the outstanding unused loaned share by end of settlement day of a trading week. Make all threshold securities regulation reported daily with full
I believe absolutely that 1- Finra should publish on the FINRA website short interest data for all equity securities (listed and unlisted). 2-potential short interest enhancements discussed above would , YES, be equally beneficial for both OTC equity securities and exchange-listed equity securities. In all I have discovered from public information made readily available on the sub Reddit /
