Fair Play. I don’t think a hedge fund should be involve in market maker ( conflict of interest) . Privilege to have first hand information. Short positions must be disclosed. Media should be regulated, they are not financial advisor. They can’t tell people what to buy or what to forget. And the most important. Laws and rules must be followed. Institutions must act accordingly , the employees of
- Short interest positions to be public knowledge, not on a website behind pay walls. - Daily reports updated to a site FREE to the public. - Reports also to include Dark Pool Data, as these unlit exchanges are seemingly used more frequently than the lit ones now. Why report on numbers that wont even be the whole picture. - Watch for laundering in crypto/other markets that allow for institutions
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 conduct of these financial professionals qualifies as
The retail trader is currently at a huge disadvantage with seemingly insurmountable odds stacked against them. There needs to be full transparency in the markets regarding, short interest reporting, synthetic reporting, dark trading data, retail brokers selling to dark pool data, etc.. There should also be full enforcement of current rules in place and much higher fines for breaking the
Investors make decisions based on rules and laws provided. All participants in the stock market should be held accountable for the same rules and laws. As of right now there are millions and millions of retail investors who are expecting rules to be followed by short positions, and regulating agencies, and are suffering consequences because they are so clearly and blatantly cheating the rules. If
re: Comment on Short Interest Position Reporting Enhancements and Other Changes Related to Short Sale Reporting To whom it may concern, the current structure and function of the American Equities Markets has, over a period of many years (& now on display for the whole world to see in the unfolding of the Meme Stock Scandal), been utilized to swindle trillions of dollars from The American
Given the growth of the international prime brokerage (IPB) business, FINRA recently interviewed representatives from many of the largest prime brokerage firms to determine how this business is conducted.
Rules 203(b) (Short sales) and 204 (Close-out requirement) of Regulation SHO provide exceptions for bona fide market making activity. The SEC has provided guidance on what constitutes “bona fide market making activities” as well as examples of what does not. Member firms must also confirm and be able to demonstrate that any transaction for which they rely on a Regulation SHO bona fide market making exception qualifies for the exception, consistent with Regulation SHO and guidance.
Greetings,
I am a retail investor and have enjoyed (carefully) investing in inverse and leveraged funds.
I understand the concern and desire to protect individuals, but to gatekeep these investments isn't helpful -- it's controlling.
I need approval from my broker to do things like short-sell because I could owe more than I invest, and that makes sense. But inverse and leveraged
Leverage and inverse ETFs should be available to all of us. We as individuals assume all the risk for our investing/trading and should be able to buy and sell these items as we wish.
I use inverse etfs to hedge positions and also gain when the market is heading to the downside. I use leverage etf on a short term basis to boost my returns. I study charts, use technical analysis and the leverage
