Naked shorting is theft. Nip this in the bud, enough with technicalities and loop holes.
There is so much of blatant manipulation going on in market and synthetic shares created out of no where. Request very strict jail or otherwise punishment and strict law to avoid such practice which impacts retail investors. Short selling should be allowed only on limited percentage basis and naked short selling amd derivatives contract around same should be out right banned to avoid castor
I dont understand how we as the ou lic can figure these things out about naked shorting, rehypothecation, using OTM calls and Puts to hide FTDs and short positions. How can we find this out with limited information, but it seems large institutions are lost. I think it's fair to say that shorting should be reported because hedge funds and large institutions can't be trusted. I mean it
How about you fix naked shorting and governmental insider trading instead of limiting retail investors.
I am truly disgusted at how the SEC has allowed hedge fund companies, billionaires and millionaires to perform naked shorts against companies like AMC entertainment (AMC) and GameStop (GME). Please make them cover their short positions and penalize them for performing illegal acts in the stock market. That really takes the honor and integrity out of the stock market and discourages retail
"Total Shares Outstanding (TSO) and Public Float: FINRA also is considering including in FINRA-disseminated short interest data, where available, the TSO and public float for securities." This should be done on a more frequent basis. Prefer weekly reporting on the Public Float - number or percentage of shares available, number or percentage of ownership, specifically institutional,
I am new to investing as a retail investor, but one thing that has been clearly revealed is the lack monitoring and action taken on the hedge funds and other entities when shorting stocks/companies. That the SEC doesn't do anything to stop the naked short selling occurring in the market reflects that the only people allowed to make money in this market are the ones who get away with it given
Every share should be tracked with unique identifier. Every share should be located and lent only once. Every order should be delivered T+2 or fails mean an exclusion and high cost penalty. Every short position should be updated with FINRA daily. The US market is manipulated by huge financial institutions with naked short selling and share price action manipulation. Please make it a free and
Retail investors are losing faith in the market. I urge you to take action to regularly disclose all short positions, whether genuine or synthetic (through married options, for example) on a weekly basis. This will allow individual investors to make more informed decisions about which companies they should invest their money in and will resolve the question of whether bad actors are using illegal
THE HEDGE FUNDS ACCOUNTABLIY REGARDING REPORTING FTD'S AND NAKED STOCKS IN SHORT POSITIONS.
