I don't believe FINRA even has the capabilities to create a fair and free market as what we have is the literal opposite. If you do, no one has seen it. Synthetic shares are created by the millions with no regulation or repercussion. Shares are traded in dark pools by market makers, then shorted in lit pools to crippled and drive down the price of stocks for market makers and institutions
Shares should have a tracking number on them. Trading would be simplified and tracking fraud would be easy to find. Locates also need to be recorded as soon as they are put in use and or taken off the books when finished using...... IN A CENTRALIZED PLACE FOR ALL TO SEE.... As of right now. creating more float than available is a major problem. When the float of a company is held... The price
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In November 1984, the SEC approved, by a split vote, the NASD's longstanding petition that the Commission amend its rule governing the qualifications for companies seeking inclusion in the NASDAQ National Market System.
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(a) A member shall submit the trade data specified below in automated format as may be prescribed by FINRA from time to time. This information shall be supplied with respect to any transaction or transactions that are the subject of a request for information made by FINRA.
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Every share should be tracked with unique identifier/label. Every share should have to be located and lent only once. Every order should be delivered T+2 or fails mean large cost penalty, greater than or equal to price if share. Every short position updated with FINRA daily. Even the playing field.
FINRA Requests Comments on Proposed Consolidated FINRA Rules Governing Securities Loans and Borrowings, Permissible Use of Customers' Securities and Callable Securities
More transparency on short sales is for the greater good of markets. If a couple retail investors can run up a dead company like GameStop, just imagine what these large dollar firms are capable of doing to manipulate the markets without their buddies help. Then imagine a handful of these firms acting together for the same greater purpose.
You should not be able to sell something you don’t own. If borrowed; must have in possession and not “ we can get them later”. Also fail to delivers must be covered in a shorter timeframe. Honestly there should not be any fails to deliver. Short information should be readily available and not 2 days out. After the fact.
Every share should be tracked in a live public database with a unique identifier. Every share should be located and lent only once. Every order should be delivered T+2 or fails to deliver are actually costly penalties along the lines of 10x cost penalty. Every short position should be updated with FINRA daily.
I am in favor of Notice 21-19 and believe it is imperative that changes be implemented to level the playing field between retail, institutional and large firms concerning available information. Any changes that bring information to retail investors quicker and more accurately, such as short interest and FTD data, cannot come soon enough and is long overdue.
