The market is completely unbalanced when it comes to retail trading versus institutional trading. We need more transparency especially when it comes to institutions or hedge funds hiding their positions within the dark pools. They hide these positions and FTD's in the dark pool and through options trading. It is absolutely apparent there is naked shorting going on with certain stocks in the
Sir/Madam,
Please do not restrict my ability to make investments in the stock market however I choose to make them. By limiting my access to inverse and leveraged funds, you are effectively reducing my ability to improve the outlook for my retirement future. I am aware of the risks involved, but these risks are, in my mind, no greater than the risk already inherent in the market itself, but with
If regulators want to prevent people from gambling, then restrict the worst first. start be preventing online sports betting. then prevent sports betting at casinos. Then prevent slot machines at casinos.
and if the wish to help small investors, make Robinhood and others disclose how much they are paid for "pay for order flow"
And if they wish to help all investors, make
I express my disapproval of the possible restriction on the ability to invest by myself, it has been a fundamental advance for me to know that I am capable of planning my financial future while learning along the way about how to make my investment systems more efficient. I have been able to empower myself as well as my children, family and friends to learn and apply financial knowledge in asset
Leveraged and inverse funds are crucial to everyday retail market participants for investment strategies, and provide a means to keep up with shifts in the marketplace. Their availability finally evens the playing-field between professional entities or computer algorithms, and the general investment public, and to restrict individuals from availing of them would be contrary to the public good. I
Regarding the stocks $AMC and $GME: There must be more transparency about short positions. There should be no self reported data from any entity, there must be a third party overseer. The loop holes regarding short positions and failed to deliver shares (FTD’s) need to be closed. These positions should be made to be paid out and the idea that hedge funds can hide positions in OTM positions or
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The NASD invites members to vote on a proposed revision to an amendment to Article ill, Section 35 of the NASD Rules of Fair
