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Options Position and Exercise Limits
Effective Date: February 28, 2005
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Exercise Limits
Hedge Exemption
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Blue Sheets
Executive Summary
This Notice to Members presents responses to questions from firms concerning Electronic Blue Sheet (EBS) submissions. This information should assist members who are conducting a
May 2, 2003
Below are the order report formats for the New Report, Cancel/Replace Report, Combined Order/Route Report, Combined Order Execution Report, Route Report, and Execution Report, which will be effective in the OATS Testing environment on July 14, 2003 and in the OATS Production environment on July 28, 2003.
New Order Report
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Comment Period Expires May 31, 1999
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Registration
Why has this troubling threat of severe restrictions shown up again to damage retail investors- many of whom are middle-class hard-working law-abiding Americans- by trying to take away the ONE SINGLE WAY we have to create decent financial protection and secure retirement for ourselves? The mega-money people in the Wall Street game have their insider information, algorithms, and just-this-side of
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Under the regulations being considered by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA),
you may not be able to buy leveraged and inverse funds and dozens of other popular
investments deemed to be complex unless you:
Pass a regulator-imposed test of your specialized investment knowledge
Demonstrate a high net worth
Get special approval from your broker
Attest to reading certain
FINRA Revises the Treatment of Non-Margin Eligible Equity Securities and Delays the Effective Date
You not regulators should be able to choose the public investments that are right for you and your family. Public investments should be available to all of the public, not just the privileged. It is very important that you express your views in your own wordsyour comments are more likely to be taken seriously by FINRA if they reflect your own experience and perspective. Not only do you have the
SEC Approves Amendments to FINRA Rule 4210 (Margin Requirements) to Establish Margin Requirements for Covered Agency Transactions
Proposed New Rules Governing Communications About Variable Insurance Products; Comment Period Expired: September 30, 2008
