It is completely demoralizing as a retail investor to see what goes on with the stock market manipulation via shorting, off-exchange trading, and lack of reporting on short positions. The market is only fair if you have enough money to play. The fact that institutions can trade off exchange, use a million different tactics to short a stock (especially high frequency trading), and get fined
Removing our ability to protect our assets and ONLY allowing us to be long stocks is criminal. Why cant we protect our investments? You only want us to lose money if the marker goes down? You crooks need to allow us to short if we want to and STOP trying to control markets so much. GET OUT OF THE MARKETS. Let the free markets be free. If we want to short we should be able to.
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Leveraged and inverse funds are a vital part of helping me to hedge my portfolio and avoiding constant trading. I use these tools to short the S&P 500 or other indexes when they have become frothy (in my view). These products reduce the volatility and allow me to stay in core positions longer. I use them as short-term hedges and the risks of staying in them too long
SEC Approves Amendment To Section 65 Of Uniform Practice Code
On November 30, 1994, the SEC approved an amendment to Section 65 of the Uniform Practice Code relating to customer account transfers. The NASD filed the amendments along with other amendments to the NASD's rules designed to implement the SEC's mandate to move to T+3 settlement of securities transactions. Although the SEC
I heard the whining and railing of the uninformed idiocacy during the last down turn. Some were blaming the severity of the drop in stock prices on SHORTs and wanted action taken to BAN them. Are you part of that craze? The small investor or beginners don't necessarily have the avenue to create wealth in a BEAR market. Inverse ETFs and short funds are exceptionally useful to us when used
I have invested for 30 years. I have used inverse etfs to protect my investments in markets that decline, often because of government actions.
No one should have to pass a test administered by the government to protect their own finances.
This is overreach by a department that I do not believe is looking after my best interests. It is pursuing an agenda that is against my best interests.
Short positions should be reported daily. FTD data reported daily. No more hiding behind walls of lag time. Reporting needs to be mandatory and verifiable, not merely self-reported. Punishments for non-compliance or falsification need to be much more severe and timely. Short reporting needs to also include the level of options sales that are naked. Naked Options produce synthetic shares and
We live in a republic in the United States, not in a dictatorship. Our US Constitution protects our God given rights to choose everything about what is best for our families. Our creator did not give anyone dominion, people did so (and Im using that term loosely) to serve their own best interests.
STOP serving your own interests!
I for one am in favor of the enhanced reporting requires. An efficient market can only exist when accurate information is available to make informed decisions. As there is ample evidence of past and present naked shorting despite restrictions against it, requiring proper disclosures of large short positions, along with sufficient penalties to ensure accurate reporting is critical to identify the
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REQUEST FOR COMMENTS
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The NASD requests comments on a proposal to amend the NASD confirmation rule,
