I oppose restrictions to my right to invest in leveraged and inverse Exchange Traded Funds. There are already risk notification requirements for these investments. By their nature of being a fund, leveraged and inverse funds can be safer than using account margin or short selling. Leveraged and inverse vehicles allow me to participate in markets as I see fit. I do not want additional measures
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.
I would like to see a more transparent market with instant short position reporting to the general public. I would also like to see instant reporting of any failure-to-delivers. I think this information should be public to any retail investor instantly and easily with no delays. I believe this will help limit manipulation and allow the market to be free and fair.
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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.
This landmark decision which, in essence, substitutes qualitative standards for market activity criteria, made an
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The NASD urges members to take immediate action to ensure the accuracy and completeness of trading data submitted through the NASD's electronic blue sheet system in response to regulatory inquiries. The NASD has become concerned that the quality of submissions by members is not at
Amc is being manipulated by ftds, dark pool trading, bond melting , being on the threshold lost from these illegal moves made by hedge funds (citadel). SSR has been issued multiple times to amc in the last month but continually the interest continues to rise and the short position continues to not be covered. Please look into this unbiased.
How do we get transparency and regulations involving synthetic shares or IOU’s. I understand the necessity to make trading instant, but these shares should be required to be covered in a day or two. Shorting shares infinitely that aren’t owned, borrowing borrowed shares, and synthetics are a major issue. We need transparency and legal consequences for fraud and manipulation.
