Without clear and concise data to all that participate the market will never be fair and always be in favor of the institution, if no changes are made so we all get the same data the same time, personally I will leave the market and not return until this happens there are way to Meany"cheaters", permission to use my shares to short should be clear and not hidden in the fine print. I
Please, in the name of all that is good and holy, I institute more frequent public reporting of short positions. Please make these public reports far more detailed. Retail investors are begging For your help. Please create accountability and ensure a safe and fair market. As it stands now, it is an affront to the American public and favors those who avoid paying taxes. How is this fair and why is
I would like all sides to play by the rules. I think players that go short have the right to do so but should have to disclose their postions just like going long through a 13f or what have you. Every share in existence should be able to be tracked to every person that owns said shares, it is already being done in cyrpto. Overall an emphasis on transparency in the market needs to be better.
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As a layman, I find the practice of share lending to be disappointing. Many people trust their brokers and relevant institutions to act in ways that aren't detrimental to their portfolio. Lending shares (even from ETFs) to satisfy the borrowing needs of short sellers? This needs to end. Retail's confidence in US capital markets has all but evaporated at this point. So really, things
Short Interest reporting AND ENFORCEMENT needs to improved at multiple levels. No hedge fund or investor should be given an excuse to hide what they are doing or to delay reporting or masking it in creative work arounds. 21-19 is a vast improvement. As a retail trader for decades >40 years. It’s about time more reporting and penalties for institutions and investment funds are ratcheted up
Given the significant damage Short Interest can have on a smaller company, I am eager to have better reporting tools to help these smaller companies protect themselves from the aggressive larger players in the economy. Having bad data is the last help being given to these large hedgefunds, so we request frequent accurate data to better level the playing field for all investors rich or poor. The
FINRA -should not limit my choose to invest in leveraged and inverse funds. With inverse funds I can still manage to potentially make gains in an IRA account as I cant short in this type of account. If you limit this I can only go down. I have a collage degree and understand the risk associated with any type of trading or investment. I have gone to school for trading and am doing what I love to
I think retail is extremely desirous of seeing more frequent reporting and as much of that made publicly available as possible. At least of a weekly or bi-weekly basis. I believe the currently attempted short squeeze is bring to light that lack of transparency is being used to commit fraud and establish predatory roles against companies. The watering of stock has been an issue for nearly a
FINRA Announces Updates of the Interpretations of Financial and Operational Rules