In a fair and free market there should be absolute transparency. The number of shares shorted should be available in real time, during trading hours. No more dark pool trading. Every single share sold should be reported and able to be located at any time. Market manipulation is rampant and hurting retail investors. Naked shorting and FTDs should carry heavier penalties, always more than the
Comments: My comment is I study the markets daily and I have a MBA in Finance. I understand the risks of the leveraged and inverse ETFS. I trade the products as part of a comprehensive overall strategy on a short term trade basis.
Beginning Monday, October 30, 2023, FINRA will limit the number of unsuccessful TRAQS login attempts from 10 to five before the user is locked out of their account. This affects both the Nasdaq Test Facility (NTF) and production FINRA TRAQS websites.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently approved new Section 42 of Article III of the NASD Rules of Fair Practice. The section prohibits NASD members from effecting, directly or indirectly, over-the-counter transactions in a security in which a trading
I oppose the regulation to to limit my investment in leveraged and inverse funds like UltraPro exchange traded funds. I should be allowed to trade freely as I deemed fit based upon the risk I am willing to take.
There should not be limitations on the type and amount of money the average investor is able to spend. Congressional members and the Executive branch should not be able to invest, trade stocks, etc., during their terms due to their abuse of insider trading.
I do not support additional requirements for investing in leveraged and inverse funds beyond what is required to trade options. I dont see how trading options is inherently a safer way to invest over leveraged funds.
Options Trading Activity, Demographic Changes for FINRA-Registered Representatives Among New Data Available in this Year’s Snapshot
WASHINGTON – FINRA today published the 2023 Industry Snapshot, the annual statistical report on registered representatives, brokerage firms, and market activity that FINRA oversees. This year’s edition adds new data about options trading activity, and
WASHINGTON—FINRA announced today the launch of FINRA Forward, a series of initiatives to improve its effectiveness and efficiency in pursuing its mission. The Three FINRA Forward initiatives:Modernizing FINRA Rules. FINRA is conducting a broad review of its rules to modernize requirements, facilitate innovation and eliminate unnecessary burdens. Empowering Member Firm
FINRA Rule 5210 (Publication of Transactions and Quotations) prohibits member firms from publishing or circulating, or causing to be published or circulated, any communication which purports to report any transaction as a purchase or sale of any security unless such member believes that such transaction was a bona fide purchase or sale of such security. Firms may, on a discretionary basis, communicate or advertise their trading activity to the market through one or more service providers that disseminate that information to subscribers and the market. Firms that do so must ensure that such information is truthful, accurate and not misleading, consistent with the requirements of Rule 5210.
