Pursuant to a Securities and Exchange Commission request, FINRA makes short sale trade data publicly available for OTC trades in exchange-listed securities reported to a FINRA Trade Reporting Facility (TRF) and FINRA’s Alternative Display Facility (ADF). FINRA makes two types of files available: (1) Daily Short Sale Volume Files and (2) Monthly Short Sale Transaction Files (collectively, the
The Daily Short Sale Volume Files provide aggregated volume by security for all short sale trades executed and reported to a <a href="/filing-reporting/trade-reporting-facility-trf">TRF</a>, the <a href="/filing-reporting/alternative-display-facililty-adf">ADF</a>, or the <a href="/filing-reporting/over-the-counter-reporting-facility-orf">ORF</a> during normal market hours for public dissemination purposes (i.e., media-reported trades).
Pursuant to applicable trade reporting rules, members must indicate on trade reports submitted to FINRA whether a transaction is a short sale transaction ("short sale reporting requirements"). The short sale reporting requirements apply to transactions in all OTC Equity Securities, as defined in Rule 6420. Thus, all short sale transactions in these securities reported to FINRA must
Pursuant to applicable trade reporting rules, members must indicate on trade reports submitted to FINRA whether a transaction is a short sale or a short sale exempt transaction ("short sale reporting requirements"). The short sale reporting requirements apply to transactions in all NMS stocks, as defined in Rule 600(b) of SEC Regulation NMS. Thus, all short sale transactions in these
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Filing Due Dates For Web-Based FOCUS, Annual Audits, Customer Complaint Information, And Short Interest Reporting
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NASD has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC" or "Commission") a proposed rule change to amend NASD Rule 3360 to expand the short interest reporting requirements to over-the-counter ("OTC") equity securities.
NASD is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC" or "Commission") a proposed rule change to increase the frequency of the short interest reporting requirements under Rule 3360 from monthly to twice per month.
