I, not the regulators, should be able to choose the public investments that are right for me and my family, Leveraged and inverse funds are important to my investment strategies. It just seems reasonable that Public investments should be available to all of the public and not just the privileged, I use the inverse funds because they are cheaper than shorting the much higher priced opposite funds
SEC proposed rule s7-7-24-15 would create an environment would remove the abilities to protect long term investments through a short term volatile environment. The rule would ultimately create additional volatility in the equities markets by eliminating the open access to inverse funds to the open market. I strongly recommend against adopting this rule.
We as retail need full transparency on these synthetic short positons. Hedge funds have an unfair advantage over retail to sway a market one way or the other we need a level playing field. thank you.
T+0 reporting of short interest. No using the options chain to push FTD's past the original settlement date. Restrict the use of dark pools to trades larger than %5 of the float. Generally enforce existing rules in good faith.
Yes! Please make these changes for a more fair and visible market. Individual investors are at a disadvantage when this information is withheld. The market should not favor short sellers as it does now. Congratulations on moving to make the changes the market needs!
Please go to daily reporting so we the retail investor can be on a par basis with the big money hedge institutional investors. There is no reason short interest and FTDs can’t be reported and tracked daily with the current technology available.
By reporting FTDs and short positions it would allow for more transparency. It feels as if there are 2 sets of rules. The retail investor does not have all of the information to better equip themselves in their retail strategy. While giving institutions an upper hand.
T-Evening on positions. T-2 makes no sense for the average joe that trades. Times have changed yet Finra has not adapted. All hedge funds should legally have to make their positions public, especially if a short position.
It needs to be more transparent. What is happening with dark pools is unacceptable. There is corruption running rampant throughout the entire market and it's going to make investors lose faith and pull their money out. Shorting needs to be investigated by the SEC!
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