Please investigate and better report short interest with etfs XTSLA, IJR,IWM . More transparency is needed with failure to delivers and dark pools. AMC and GME look like they are being heavily manipulated in every which way possible. Help end corruption and theft.
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ATTN: Operations Principal, Cashier, Buy-in Personnel
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Last Date for Comments: October 1, 1986.
The NASD Board of Governors is circulating for comment a proposed amendment to the Uniform Practice Code, Section 59, Close-Out Procedure; Buying-in. It would require that buy-ins returned by a clearing corporation to a broker be
The current state the US market is full of fraud and manipulation. There is definitely a need for change. It’s a massive conflict of interest when a company is a hedge fund and a market maker!! All shares, synthetic and short, needs to reported daily and posted for retail investors. The market makers/hedge funds have all the information in front of them to make their informed decision. Retail
Short interest reporting needs to be completely overhauled if we want to stay the leading market in the financial world. The current self reporting approach is laughable, and the fines for "misreporting", or what I would call lying and stealing, are a cost of doing business instead of a punishment. We have the technology to track short positions like Japan is doing with Blockchain which
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FINRA Requests Comment on a Proposed Supplemental Schedule for Inventory Positions
Please update the rules to more accurately report short interest and punish violators of misrepresented position. Clearly this should NOT be done through self-reporting (or at least without regular audits), as the institution have too much to gain by not reporting their positions. If an institution trader is allowed to directly attack a company and negatively effect the price through shorting,
I fully support this effort to improve short interest enhancements. When bad actors are allowed to create a synthetic share out of thin air through dishonesty and illegal activity, they pose the potential to put the entire financial system at risk. If "market makers" are allowed to break rules, including the creation of millions of fake shares, they are given the power to destroy
FINRA Requests Comment on Proposed Supplementary Schedule for Derivatives and Other Off-Balance Sheet Items
As I understand it FINRA is looking to enhance the requirements around reporting short interest positions. I have this to say about reporting methods and data. We are in a world surrounded by fast moving data. We can call a loved one across the globe in a blink of an eye, share a tele-conference with hundreds of listeners, or place thousand dollar order in seconds. Technology has evolved and with
