On Tuesday February 11, 2020, and Wednesday, February 12, 2020, the FINRA Test Facility (NTF) will be unavailable for clients who test using the CTCI-MQ.protocol. This affects FINRA's Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine (TRACE) and the OTC Reporting Facility (ORF).
FIX and CTCI-TCP/IP protocols in the NTF region as well as all production systems are unaffected by this
Market makers should not be allowed to have positions in the market, especially short! Anyone could see why this is a major conflict of interest. They have the tools and access to enough money to manipulate a stock price in their favor. The lack of transparency when it comes to shorting activity/positions by market makers and hedgefunds is hurting retail trader confidence as well! How is 50-60%
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) a proposed rule change to amend the FINRA Rule 6800 Series, FINRA’s compliance rule (“Compliance Rule”) regarding the National Market System Plan Governing the Consolidated Audit Trail (the “CAT NMS Plan” or “Plan”) to be consistent with certain exemptions from the
SummaryFINRA has amended its Codes of Arbitration Procedure (Codes) to make: (1) changes to the arbitrator list selection process in response to recommendations in the report of independent counsel Lowenstein Sandler LLP (Report) and (2) clarifying and technical changes to requirements in the Codes for holding prehearing conferences and hearing sessions, initiating and responding to claims,
Gentlemen: People that enter the investment market MUST understand that this is environment that can make money as well as lose money. If you are not an adult enough to understand this, you should not enter the market. Being an adult brings with it responsibilities. Adults do not need the Federal Government looking after them like children. Your regulations could not only prohibit adults for
Any proposal to limit an investors ability to purchase inverse funds would not be well received and obviously ill-timed given market conditions. Every investment contains risk and a regulatory authority should not posses the authority to restrict an investors ability to use products such as these that can actually mitigate risk in one's overall portfolio. If such rules are implemented,
I am a private citizen and individual investor concerned about limits on leveraged and inverse. These funds are an important tool for me as they present another method of limited exposure to leverage with less downside risk than many other leveraged strategies. They are an extremely important part of my strategy as they allow for amplification of strategies that take advantage of market momentum
Changes to Fees for Cancelling or Rescheduling a Qualification Examination or Regulatory Element Continuing Education Session
Dear FINRA Regulatory panel,
Herewith I want to let you know I Veto any restrictions in regards to trading any kind of assets in the public domain with any company offering inverse funds, high yield bond funds or any other offered funds of any kind.
I am well aware in regards to fund or stock trading for more then 20 years.
I belief it should be to the choice of an individual how, when, what to
Leveraged and inverse ETFs offer regular investors a safe way to invest in a wider variety of securities, achieve higher returns and meet financial goals faster. Without these instruments, achieving these returns would require investors to take risky short positions or margin trade, which are much riskier than being able to invest in these funds. My brokerage already has adequate warnings about
