FINRA requires firms to report short interest positions in all customer and proprietary accounts in all equity securities twice a month. All short interest positions must be reported by 6 p.m. Eastern Time on the second business day after the reporting settlement date designated by FINRA.See the schedule of reporting dates below.2024 Short Interest Reporting
FINRA would like to remind member firms of their obligation to file their appropriate short interest reports by their due dates.
Short interest is a snapshot of the total open short positions on the books and records of brokerage firms on a given date. FINRA and U.S. exchange rules require that this information be reported twice a month. Short interest data does not—and is not intended to—equate to the short sale volume data on FINRA’s website.
FINRA publishes the short interest reports it collects from broker-dealers for all exchange-listed and over-the-counter (OTC) equity securities. Learn more about equities and OTC equities trading.FINRA Rule 4560 requires FINRA member firms to report their short positions in all OTC equity securities to FINRA. OTC equity / other OTC short interest is available for view by issue, or by
Background
FINRA is pleased to announce a new centralized, secure file transfer platform called fileX, which enables firms to programmatically send, track and receive files in one place. fileX significantly streamlines the process for submitting bulk filings to FINRA, provides additional options for downloading files from FINRA, and allows for seamless and secure authentication and authorization
Money you make on an investment is considered a capital gain, and in most cases, you’ll need to pay a capital gains tax. If your investment loses money, you have a capital loss. Your capital gain or loss is the difference between the sale price and the cost basis, and the tax rate depends on how long you held the investment.
Regulatory Obligations
Regulation SHO Rules 200 to 204 require firms to address risks relating to market manipulation, market liquidity and investor confidence by regulating excessive and “naked” short sales so that purchasers of securities from short sellers receive their securities positions in a timely manner. Regulation SHO requires firms to appropriately mark their securities orders;
FINRA Provides Clarification on SEC Guidance Regarding Emergency Orders Concerning Short Selling
08-50 - Procedures for Submitting Written Attestation of Bona Fide Market Making Relating to Fail-to-Deliver Positions
Short Sale Volume provides the public with aggregated short sale volume by security for all publicly-disseminated short sale trades executed off-exchange and reported to a FINRA Trade Reporting Facility (TRF), Alternative Display Facility (ADF) or Over-the-Counter Reporting Facility (ORF).
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Short Sale Volume data contains aggregated volume
