As a non-US citizen, watching this fiasco surrounding Gamestop unfold. My stance towards the united state's market, legal and regulatory system. Are completely changing. The past few months, millions of people have been waving red flags, voiced their opinion and recently practically been screaming to the authorities to do something about the OBVIOUS market manipulation happening almost
It is unfortunate that the system must be an "US vs THEM" system, especially when they don't have to play by the same rules that we, the little guy, the 99%, the "dumb money", the "retail investor, has to follow. Things I would like to see changed: -- There needs to be more transparency. We need to be able to see the shorts. We need to see the FTDs. Short positions
BAN all OTC & HFT (dark pool and high frequency trading). Ban Citadel Connect, rehypothecation, and short selling like EVERY OTHER FIRST WORLD COUNTRY has so the United States financial system isn't looked at as a place to commit fraud. Take away licenses from people who break the laws. Citadel has over 58 infractions in the past decade and they're still allowed to do business?
Srongly believe the proposed regulations are: Bad for Investors. If the proposal is adopted, some investors who could benefit from the enhanced return and portfolio protection potential of leveraged and inverse funds could be prevented from buying them by an overly burdensome qualification process. Brokerage firms could even stop offering these funds altogether due to the difficulty of
Notice of FINRA District Committee Elections and Ballots
Executive Summary
On November 17, 2000, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted Exchange Act Rule 11Ac1-5 ("Rule"), which requires "market centers" that trade national market system securities to make available standardized, monthly reports containing statistical information about "covered order" executions. The Rule is intended to promote visibility
Securities Industry/Regulatory Council on Continuing Education Issues Firm Element Advisory Update
September 26, 1995;
Executive Summary
On September 8, 1995, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved a new rule under Article III, Section 50 of the Rules of Fair Practice (Rules) for reporting customer complaint information and other specified events to the NASD. The new rule requires members to report to the NASD the occurrence of 10 specified events and quarterly summary
Complete transparency! If a market maker like Citadel can process order flow and know in real time what moves I'm making, then it should go without question that I be able to see what positions they are taking, also in real time. It's an extreme conflict of interest that they are allowed to do both. These current timelines for reporting are an extreme disadvantage to retail investors.
FINRA Requests Comment on Proposal to Require Alternative Trading Systems to Submit Quotation Information Relating to Fixed Income Securities to FINRA for Regulatory Purposes
