The revelations of opacity around short selling, trade settlement, and unlit off-exchange trading is deeply troubling and an abomination to the ideals of free and transparent capital markets. The delay and self reporting of short interest, coupled with lack of meaningful deterrents like imprisonment or material fines (fining Robinhood $70 million for their role in the January Gamestop shenanigans
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
I am losing faith each day the actions by irresponsible parties continue to be ignored. T+2 isn’t concerning until the individual demands it. My broker as with many others are left scrambling looking for my shares in a corrupt market. 21-19 would be a critical step in the right direction. Investors need clarity and clear communication on the short interest side of heavily shorted stocks. I
I use leverage funds as a short term hedge to my long investments.
They are easier to invest in than options
For the continued health of the market, transparency of short positions needs to be established.
Let me decide my own future. Not the corrupt government. Short and sweet. Have a nice day.
This is not the first time that regulators have attempted to regulate Leveraged ETFs.
For some reason, we only see these actions at times when the markets have increased volitility. When times are good and the leveraged long ETFs are soaring, there is no scrutiny. Only when the leveraged short ETFs can provide value to investors do we see the risk of regulation or curtailing.
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I request more up to date and transparent short interest data.
Further reporting should be required for short positions and failure to delivers
More transparency with the whole process more detail on short positions
