Should be able to short sticks in ira
Thank you for expressing your concern on the matter. It is truly disheartening reading the available information and watch the market entirely disregard such within some securities. Also concerning is “entities” such as Iceberg research Twitter handle and their proclamation to the world which was broadcast through news outlets shortly after being tweeted. Many individuals observed and confirmed
TO: Selected NASD Members
Under the AT & T divestiture program, for every ten shares of existing ("old") AT & T owned, shareholders of record December 30, 1983 will receive one share in each of seven newly-formed regional holding companies, while continuing to own ten shares of divested ("new") AT & T as well.
Beginning Monday, November 21, 1983,
(a) Each member shall maintain a record of total "short" positions in all customer and proprietary firm accounts in all equity securities (other than Restricted Equity Securities as defined in Rule 6420) and shall regularly report such information to FINRA in such a manner as may be prescribed by FINRA. Reports shall be received by FINRA no later than the second business day after the
I was made aware that FINRA is seeking to put restrictions on L&I investments to "protect" investors. I'd like to offer up my experience as an example of why this is not needed. Details are below but I'd like to emphasize first:
I can make my own decisions about investments and do my own research. I don't need to prove to anyone that I
If you read the Regulatory Notice 12-38 regarding FINRA's Short-Interest Reporting Rule, you'll come across this particularly relevant question in the FAQs. Q7. How should a firm reflect fractional shares in its short-interest reports? A7. If a firm has a fractional short-interest position (e.g., 125.6 shares), it should truncate the position to reflect a whole number when reporting
It seems to me, and many others from reading comments, that the short sale reporting features are very lacking in up to date data and it seems the delay is used to protect those whom are abusing the system. The OTC non-ATS trading system seems to be another area that is wildly abused by market manipulators and needs to have a complete overhaul, if not completely done away with. It appears that
1. Require shares to be acquired before they can be sold. It is ridiculous that today shares are often not even located or are only located before actually being sold. Borrow the shares first, then sell them. 2. Better tracking of borrowed shares. It is ridiculous that shares can be leant out multiple times (often because they are only 'located' and not actually obtained before allowed
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The NASD invites members to vote on a new Section 46, Article III of the Rules of Fair Practice regarding adoption of a short-sale rule or "bid test
selling short is a very important part of a free market
