More in-depth information should be readily available, and the loop holes that exist be closed or at least monitored better. Regularly audit the reported positions to ensure the self reporting is accurate and fine (or penalize in a way that will actually deter the same actions in the future) entities that misreport. This would include going deep to ensure that no shorts are being hidden in long
All short sale information should be available to all traders! ALL of it! Also, Dark Pools should be outlawed. Or at least, if blocks are bought on a dark pool, they should reflect the price on the retail charts. No more secrete crooked trading! OR, they should not be allowed to buy in a dark pool just to resell on the open market just to push a price down on a stock. Everything needs to start to
We must end dark pool trading. HFT's are using these dark pools to hide real numbers from the exchange as well as buying shares within dark pool to sell off en masse on the lit exchange (NYSE). While dark pools are legal and we understand it's real purpose of keeping large investor information off the market until their buy in has settled, it has turned into a way to disguise corruption
I believe, along with many others that requiring firms to report short interest data more frequently, along with more precise FTD, settlement, and threshold list information will level the playing field between large institutions and the ever growing retail trader crowd. With more technology allowing the average person to invest for themselves I believe these changes are now necessary to instill
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FINRA is conducting a review of Firm Name practices and controls related to the opening of options accounts and related areas, including account supervision, communications and diligence.
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FINRA has recently observed an increase in fraudulent options trading being facilitated by (1) account takeover schemes (sometimes referred to as account intrusions), through which a bad actor gains unauthorized entry to a customer’s brokerage account; and (2) the use of new account fraud1 by a bad actor who fraudulently establishes a brokerage account through identity theft.
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