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
I have watched the market manipulation since March on this stock. Putting on sell pressure by posting large sell orders and them disappear when they outcome is what they are wanting in the buys side. They are playing with our hard earned money and the playing field is skewed. Orders not being filled and platforms rejecting orders that match the same orders from short sellers. Enough is enough.
All investing or trading is an educated guess, it is all still making a bet on what stock, commodity or the market will do. If we were in Las Vegas it would be educated gambling. I have personally had JDST, JNUG, DUST and NUGT in my portfolio. I and others I know trade these types of investments, some doing it as day traders for at least the last 5 years. When the next recession hits, it would be
Having used leveraged long & short funds for several years I can honestly say that they have helped me make small capital gains while hedging against market volatility. During a recent Nasdaq sell off, losses in long stocks were compensated by the shares of SQQQ that I own. WTI oil has been volatile lately. Scaling out of UCO's as oil rises & simultaneously scaling into SCO
FINRA and ISG Extend Effective Date for Certain Electronic Blue Sheet Data Elements
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) a proposed rule change setting forth the basis for its determination that the accuracy and reliability of the Consolidated Audit Trail (“CAT”) meet the standards approved by the Commission in SR-FINRA-2020-024 for purposes of eliminating the Order Audit Trail
TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
LAST DATE FOR COMMENT: FEBRUARY 14, 1988.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The NASD requests comments on a proposed NASD Rule of Fair Practice that would require all persons associated with a member firm to provide prior written notice to the firm of certain outside business activities.
The NASD Board of Governors believes the proposed rule is necessary to
(a) Authority to Initiate Halts In Trading Otherwise Than on an Exchange in NMS Stocks and Facility ClosuresFINRA, pursuant to the procedures set forth in paragraph (b):(1) shall halt trading otherwise than on an exchange in any NMS stock, as defined in Rule 600(b) of SEC Regulation NMS, whenever a Primary Listing Market declares a Regulatory Halt in the security.(2) shall halt trading otherwise
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FINRA (f/k/a National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD")) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC" or "Commission") a proposed rule change to amend the definition of "member organization" in FINRA's NYSE Rule 2(b) to reflect that FINRA membership is a condition of being an NYSE member organization. The proposed rule
