Freedom to trade in the stock market should not be hindered in order to give others an advantage. Also, trading on uptrends and downtrends should not be hindered since its a natural movement of stock market price action.
We are at a cross roads as an economy, thus as a country. Hedge funds and other similar large corporate entities have an unfair advantage in the market, and has acted to the detriment of the health of our economy as a whole. Loose rules related to the reporting of short interest and FTDs(fail to deliver) has created an environment that allows hedge funds and the like to take advantage of retail
I’m interested in seeing more transparency for the average retail investor. Short sellers are manipulating the stock market right in front of our eyes. Its not hidden, its right in front of our faces. Quite unfair and corrupt. I feel a big disadvantage as a retail investor because of how hard a short selling company can manipulate the price of a stock and have an effect on the actual price of the
I have a high (I guess net worth) and have a lot of experience in trading stocks and options. Leveraged ETF's are very valuable to me. They are no more dangerous than any stock or etf . Thank YOU
I support greater regulation and restrictions on retail investment in complexed investment vehicles. Whether it's FINRA, SEC or some other SRO, I think it would be helpful if retail investors were required to undergo some sort of certification or training process to verify their understanding of the risk involved with trading risky assets.
If I had to choose which instruments would
Would elimination of short selling be a better solution? These big guys crush any stock they want and steal from everyone. My opinion this would stop a lot of the theft in stock wealth and destruction of businesses.
I have the right to invest in different stock options. Way does it make it right for the wealth to be able to buy different stocks. When middle class person has just as much right as anyone else.
I should be able to be able to short stocks just like the professionals. They would not like to be restricted either! It is an unfair playing field when you have to play by different rules than other investors. It's called cheating! I should be able to not have restrictions on my IRA either and should be allowed to short stocks like other investors and now you want to take away the only
All short selling including naked short sell needs to be reported daily and monitoring must be in place to prevent abuses from market manipulators. Also dark pools of stocks must also be reported and regulated and the failure to deliver crisis must be resolved and those shares must be bought. Supply and demand is a basic principle of are democracy and should be reflected in pricing from stocks to
The current downturn in the stock market has hurt many investors. When bond yields were at historic lows in the past year, I continued purchases of 2x inverse 20 and 10 year treasury bond etf's, until they became 20% of my portfolio. This was my hedge against inflationary pressures, because higher p/e ratios cannot be maintained when bond yields rise. My 2X inverse bond holdings have now
