Comments:Leveraged and Inverse ETC. I am aware of the risk involved in these vehicle and suspect that most are also aware. Please do not limit my options Stocks get extremely difficult to short. Thank you! Glenn Williams
leverages and short ets serve the small investor as a useful abd efficient tool to hedge risks. these options were not available until the advent of etfs. the rights of the small investor to benefit from these tools needs to be preserved.
I would like more transparency in the market, especially buy/sell orders in the ATS. All information should be available to retail investors. Short positions should be disclosed day of filing.
Regarding FINRA 21-19, this is a great start for more oversight into U.S. markets. While more attention in my opinion should be paid to the effects of short interest, I support FINRA 21-19.
It is my opinion, as a new investor, that clarity of information be the most important aspect of regulation. Beyond tagging each individually purchased share, there is little to no way to keep track of shares that have been shorted, and the delivery process is convoluted. Without going into specific details, and instead focusing on the motive aspects of reporting and regulation, the want and
When Regulation NMS was adopted, the SEC and market observers did not recognize ex-clearing as a significant loophole. In the original crafting of Regulation SHO (implemented in 2005), the industry told the SEC that ex-cleared trades were "rare". As such ex-cleared trades were exempt from much of the short selling regulations. Dark pool trades (ATS and OTC) in 2021 now make up a
More frequent reporting of short positions, eg weekly. Positions, trade date (open), trade date (closed), holder. Optional price and positions without showing holder.
I believe a more transparent form and frequency of short position reporting would be very beneficial to the stock market and retail investors specifically based on increased trust in the institution as a whole.
Reports on short positions should be done on a daily basis with no T+ days. In my observation, a lot of the fraud and price manipulation are able to stay hidden due to T+ days.
At a minimum we should have transparency in the market to see the same information hedge funds and market makers see also to see short positions that effect market prices
