"Fines" = "hush money". Put the illegal shorters in jail SOON! Stop building your evidence because it's already been done for you via Overstock.com via gamestop via New Mexico vs. Banks. If the policies are preventing prosecution, put a vote to change them. Not next election, TODAY! This conflict of interest happening with your revolving door has got to stop TODAY! These
Re: FINRA Ive Invested in the Markets for over 12yrs, Ive always appreciated the fact that I could Invest freely, make my own choices and decisions on what, where, Why & when I choose to Invest, Moreover, and based on the proliferation & numerous tools & Resources available to the Individual Retail Investor these days the case for the freedom of choice became even more
Re: FINRA Ive Invested in the Markets for over 12yrs, Ive always appreciated the fact that I could Invest freely, make my own choices and decisions on what, where, Why & when I choose to Invest, Moreover, and based on the proliferation & numerous tools & Resources available to the Individual Retail Investor these days the case for the freedom of choice became even more
Short interest and FTD anomalies need to be have the greatest level of transparency and strictest guidance available to the entire breadth of market participants. We should not a have a market system where by large powerful institutions can dominate trading with a flood of short sales for the purpose of extinguishing any particular company's stock and eventually forcing it in to bankruptcy.
Treatment of Non-Margin Eligible Equity Securities
April 12, 1988
TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
LAST DATE FOR COMMENT: MAY 12, 1988.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The NASD requests comments on proposed amendments to Appendix A to Article III, Section 30 of the NASD Rules of Fair Practice (Appendix A), which contains the NASD's margin maintenance rules. The proposed amendments will update the NASD's margin maintenance rules to
TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
The Securities and Exchange Commission has recently approved amendments to Section 4 of Appendix A, Article III, Section 30 of the Association's Rules of Fair Practice that relates to minimum margin requirements for option contracts on a market or industry index. These amendments which became effective on April 13, 1984 establish minimum
SEC Rule 606(a) requires broker-dealers that route equity and option orders on behalf of customers to prepare quarterly reports that disclose specific information about their order routing practices for non-directed orders in NMS stocks and NMS securities that are options contracts. The reports are published as PDFs and XML files for each calendar quarter. Data is collected from firms at the end
Proposed Rule Change Relating to the Publication of Certain Daily and Monthly Short Sale Data on the FINRA Web
Site
SUGGESTED ROUTING
Senior ManagementInstitutionalLegal & ComplianceOptionsTrading
Executive Summary
Given the growing market for over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, such as OTC options on individual equity securities and stock indexes, and the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) recent approval of increases in option position and exercise limits, the NASD reminds
