I am a small-account retail trader who frequently makes use of things like index and stock options and leveraged ETFs, and my comments are made from that admittedly limited perspective. A couple points.
1) Capital requirements are undemocratic and unjustifiable. Despite FINRA's attempts to close as many doors to the small retail trader as possible, trading remains a means to financial
Executive Summary
On January 11, 1999, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved amendments to National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD®) Rule 2860(b)(3)(A), tripling the position limits on standardized (exchange-traded) equity options to make them equivalent to the limits on conventional (over-the-counter) equity options overlying the same security. These amendments
FINRA’s NAC Revises the Sanction Guidelines
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On March 23, 2000, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved amendments to National Association of
This filing has been withdrawn.
NASD, through its subsidiary, The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (“Nasdaq”), is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) a proposed rule change to exempt from NASD Rule 3350, the short sale rule, sales in Nasdaq National Market (“NNM”) securities reported to the Nasdaq Market Center trade reporting service comprising the “riskless” portion of a
FINRA released a new edition of the OATS Reporting Technical Specifications dated March 15, 2010. The changes described in this edition of the OATS Reporting Technical Specifications will be available in the OATS Production environment on April 26, 2010 and will be available in the OATS Certificate Test environment on April 12, 2010.
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Executive Summary
Federal Reserve Board Regulation T governs the extension of credit to customers by broker/dealers. Among the provisions of Regulation T are requirements governing the initial margin
Remarks From the Security Traders Association Annual Conference
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SEC Approves Amendments to FINRA Rule 4210 (Margin Requirements)
