Brokerage firms are typically paid transaction-based compensation, which means the firm might have an incentive to encourage you to trade often. If you notice a seemingly high level of activity in your brokerage account, this could be a sign of a type of misconduct known as “excessive trading.”
My experience investing has been limited to my own money from my retirement savings and having NO FORMAL education in investing. (I am 73 yrs old and my occupation was that of an Audiologist.) When the Federal Reserve over-extends credit causing inflation, I have to make up for my losses due to that inflation. One avenue is to short treasury notes via TBT and that vehicle has been a very
This has all the hallmarks of market manipulation similar to what was seen during the Bush Administration in 2008. This type of manipulation wouldn't be necessary but for the incredibly loose monetary policy and failure to properly regulate IPOs, and especially SPACs, that seemed designed to take money from retail investors and give it to insiders. You can't possibly be worried about
Thank you for the opportunity to make comments. I will begin by saying that short selling should be banned in the United States. It is antithetical to the law of supply and demand, is being abused by hedge funds and market makers and obscures transparency. Seeing as how FINRA and the SEC will not ban short selling here are some of my other suggestions 1. Each Individual Stock Share should have a
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Remove market makers status from all institutions as this seems to be a direct conflict of interest. Ensure that short positions are monitored and reported daily. Prosecute market manipulators including those that pay main stream media and ensure that this also comes with jail time. Make FTDS are a thing of the past. Ensure that short positions cannot be hidden multiple ways as they are now! Make
Have all short sales be reported to finra by end of each settlement day. Make public and report the day to day short sale by end of settlement day or the trading week. Have unused loaned shares reported to finra by end of settlement day. Make public the outstanding unused loaned share by end of settlement day of a trading week. Make all threshold securities regulation reported daily with full
I believe absolutely that 1- Finra should publish on the FINRA website short interest data for all equity securities (listed and unlisted). 2-potential short interest enhancements discussed above would , YES, be equally beneficial for both OTC equity securities and exchange-listed equity securities. In all I have discovered from public information made readily available on the sub Reddit /
The availability of complex products and options can potentially expand the investment opportunities for retail investors and, if properly understood, offer favorable investment outcomes (e.g., enhancing returns, limiting losses or improving diversification). However, important regulatory concerns arise when investors trade complex products without understanding their unique characteristics and
More oversight and transparency is needed for short interest, options, and derivative products. It is not acceptable that there is a maximum threshold for short interest set at 140% where in actuality it could be much much higher. It also appears that there is no enforcement of false reporting. There is evidence that Citadel has call option contract out larger than shares existed while retail
