FINRA Provides Clarification on SEC Guidance Regarding Emergency Orders Concerning Short Selling
"Synthetic Short Positions: In addition, FINRA is considering requiring firms to reflect synthetic short positions in short interest reports. For example, enhanced short interest reporting could include synthetic short positions achieved through the sale of a call option and purchase of a put option (where the options have the same strike price and expiration month) or through other
1.) Daily Short interest Reporting 2.) Short interest ownership list of any institution. 3.) $1 Trillion fine for Naked Shorting.
Consolidation of short interest data publication, centralized on the FINRA website should be made public. Require firms to segregate short interest held in proprietary accounts vs that held in customer accounts. Report to FINRA account-level short interest (not for publication). Report synthetic short positions in both options and security based swaps. Report loan obligations from arranged
Synthetic Short Positions FINRA should require firms to reflect synthetic short positions in their short interest reports daily. Exchange-listed Equity Securities FINRA should publish on the FINRA website short interest data for all equity securities (listed and unlisted) daily. Information on Allocations of Fail-To-Deliver Positions Reporting daily allocations of fail-to-deliver positions to
I would like to see Short interest not be self reported anymore and for it to be reported from regulators such as Finra or the DTCC. If no such action is possible, I would like to see harder fines for misreporting Short Interest, especially if it is a bigger institution as to smaller investors, the fine does not seem harsh enough to get those to stop misreporting short interest
There are five major suggestions I have: 1. All short interest data be updated daily; 2. No longer allowing the synthetic long loophole to short; 3. No longer allowing shorting in dark pools so the activity can be fully traceable; 4. If a firm FTD, for any reason, they are prohibited from shorting until they cover; and 5. Using blockchain to track every short order executed to ensure a complete
As all short interest affects market pricing, all transactions between market participants that may be used to mask or hide official short interest numbers should be reported fully and transparently. It is against the idea of a free market to withhold short interest data from all market participants, including retail investors, and to only provide information to professionals.
Hello, As an active investor in the US stock market i would like to suggest following comments to the rule: Short Interest Position Reporting Enhancements and Other Changes Related to Short Sale Reporting. In order to ensure the integrity of the market, a level playing field for every investor, and deter abusive short selling, there should be an attempt to implement the following: 1) Establish
You are requested to comment on these proposals. Let's face it, the Hedge Funds are going to be using their voices to prevent these changes from occurring so we need to use our voice too. There are a lot more apes than Hedgies. I've cut and pasted just some of the proposals (man, if you think this is a long and dry read, wait until you read the webpage): - Account-level Position
