On Tuesday, August 3, 2021 from 2 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. ET, the FINRA Test Facility (NTF) will be unavailable for testing FINRA Multi Product Platform (MPP) products.
This affects FINRA's Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine (TRACE), FINRA's Alternative Display Facility (ADF) platform, and the OTC Reporting Facility (ORF).
FINRA's production systems are unaffected by this
As a reminder, FINRA is introducing a new system, Participant Data Management (PDM), for FINRA member firms to submit the FINRA Participant Agreement and FINRA Order Form. Starting on December 1, 2021, member firms may test the new PDM system in the customer test environment with the same login credentials used to access the FINRA Participant Agreement or FINRA Order Form today in production. The
I would like more transparency in the market, especially buy/sell orders in the ATS. All information should be available to retail investors. Short positions should be disclosed day of filing.
There needs to be more regulation on Overall market transparency. Otherwise the system is always going to be rigged. Things such as dark pools, payment for order flow, and short interest reporting latency, all make the perfect bed for abuse in the general market. Not even mentioning algorithmic trading. Also why so can be both a market maker and a hedgefund. I mean come on that’s just ridiculous
Short selling is been used in a malicious way to hurt the retail investors and please must be stopped. Younger generations losing trust in the stock market is growing and in the long run will affect the overall and trust in our economy. Thank you!!
These changes cannot be made soon enough! We need all the SI data we can get - consolidated data that’s publicly available AND (not alternatively,) more granulated data should be provided to regulatory agencies. FTD’s should be publicly reported, and actors should be punished when FTD’s occur. This should include criminal prosecution where FTD’s are due to chronic malpractice and/or price
There needs to be much more clarity, no self reporting, frequent third party analysis, bigger punishmemts for rule breakers. If a HF/MM can earn more than they are fined then its a business cost, they need to be fined double the profit plus face criminal proceedings. As a UK investor, i have everything in the US markets, after the manipulation of Gamestop i have no faith what so ever, even China
