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Eliminate dark pools Fines should be greater than the profit hedge made from the illegal activity Jail time is needed for market manipulation. Short positions should be forcibly closed out if illegal market manipulation is found and trading rights of those involved should be revoked. Shorting taking place in the dark pool needs to be disclosed to the public. If an institution buys shares in the
There is a crime spree running free in the stock market and nobody is doing a thing about it. Naked shorting is illegal, and should punished harshly and published for the world to see. If I sell you something I don’t own, that is called fraud, and I would end up in jail. It should be just as illegal to sell shares that don;t exist. The perpetrators of this should get a minimum 5 year prison
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Publication Date: June 17, 2025Interpretations are marked in blue background beneath the rule text to which they relate. 17a-4 Records to be preserved by certain exchange members, brokers and dealers.This section applies to the following types of entities: A member of a national securities exchange who transacts a business in securities directly with others than members of a
New members have been appointed to the Board of Directors of the non-profit FINRA Investor Education Foundation (FINRA Foundation), and Jonathan Sokobin has been named Chair, effective February 12, 2024.
I am sick & tired of large hedge funds such as Citadel performing coordinated ladder attacks against GME & AMC, as well as others. Those two charts frequently pattern in lock step with each other. Investors know, as I assume FINRA & SEC does as well, that naked shorting is taking place on a grand scale. To make matters worse, the bulk of the short sales, particularly on
For the markets to be a truly capitalist vehicle, all data available so some must be available to all. SEC Rules mean nothing to these large firms because the penalties are not severe enough to matter. The relatively small fines for violating the laws of the US and the rules of the SEC are simply the cost of doing business for these firms. It is public knowledge they budget these things into
Dear FINRA, I saw you are looking for comments on 21-19, regarding short positions. Here are my thoughts: -Naked shorting is illegal and conditions need to be met by regulatory agencies to ensure it doesn't happen. - Short positions should need to be reported daily by funds and market makers, and public notice needs to be reported daily on a public website for that purpose, for all holdings
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On February 5, 1997, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved an amendment to the Automated Confirmation Transaction (ACTSM) Service rules (NASD® Rule 6130) to require all Market Makers to mark their ACT reports to denote when they have relied on the Market Maker exemption
