We must end dark pool trading. HFT's are using these dark pools to hide real numbers from the exchange as well as buying shares within dark pool to sell off en masse on the lit exchange (NYSE). While dark pools are legal and we understand it's real purpose of keeping large investor information off the market until their buy in has settled, it has turned into a way to disguise corruption
While putting out notices is a (small) step in the right direction, the punishment needs to fit the crime. The current penalties for the majority of already fraudulent, illegal or criminal market activities are fines which represent a minute fraction of the profit gained by perpetuating them. As such, any enforcement (on the rare occasions enforcement actions are even taken) simply represents the
Finra should be monitoring short sellers and hedge funds more closely and more frequently and should be disclosing short positions on at least a t+3 basis including dark pool transactions. Also finra should mandate much more transparency in the market including but not limited to taking away the ability of hedge funds to hide short positions by not accurately disclosing their positions in reports
All shares should have an identifying number and should not be able to lend out and sell and all shorts need to be closed and all shares returned to their owner hedge funds have been cheating the retail for too long make them buy back every share they have shorted!!!
This system is being absolutely abused by short sellers and transparency is not only needed but should have already been implemented. Everyone should have access to the same data, THAT is a fair and just market. Right now the market , AMC, GME , in particular are being manipulated through the use of ETFs and FTD to stall the process of covering shorts like they should. The consequence of these
Transparency and level trading for retail investors and business professionals, to further enhance the quality of the market and boost economic growth inside the industry and provide the best opportunity for every individual.
Naked shorting must be totally stopped ! We need a fair open stock market that is a equal on all levels for Anyone and everyone that makes any investment in all markets. Time limits must be placed on shorting, The dark pools have an unfair advantage they should be shut down , you play in the open for all to see or you don’t play !
The lack of regulation and accountability from governmental security agencies allowing hedge funds to manipulate markets through various tactics like synthetic shorting is nothing short of financial treason against the American people. To allow these large privately owned institutions the ability to cheat and pray upon average American citizens and investors is an absolute mockery of the
The sale of a call option and purchase of a put option with the same expiration date and strike price provides equivalent exposure to the price of a stock as a short sale. Despite this equivalence, this synthetic position does not currently create a short position that would be reportable under the current version of Rule 4560. The extent of use of this and other types of synthetic short
Thank you for considering this and taking a step towards transparency in the stock market and our cracking financial system
