Proposed Rule Change to Amend FINRA Rule 6140 (Other Trading Practices)
I heard the whining and railing of the uninformed idiocacy during the last down turn. Some were blaming the severity of the drop in stock prices on SHORTs and wanted action taken to BAN them. Are you part of that craze? The small investor or beginners don't necessarily have the avenue to create wealth in a BEAR market. Inverse ETFs and short funds are exceptionally useful to us when used
I strongly oppose this arbitrary regulation that arbitrarily singles out leveraged and inverse etfs to high net worth individuals. This is clearly a case where regulators are falling prey to political pressure to "protect" investors. These funds are incredibly useful in instances where trading futures is not available. In addition, the risks inherent to inverse and leveraged funds are
Melvin Capital complaint - lack of reporting regarding naked short positions leading to chart manipulation through darkpools. I hope something is done about behavior indicative of intentional malevolent chart manipulation by hedge funds developing bad risk analysis putting the broader markets in jeopardy by aggressively naked shorting stock with little regard for who's money they are putting
Retirement plans like a 401(k) are long-term investments. But that doesn’t mean you should set them up and forget about them until you retire. Schedule an annual 401(k) “checkup” to make sure your plan still meets your needs.
I would like to speak for all retail investors when I say the underhanded ways corporations are given to manipulate a stock are abhorrent. A pure disregard for what an "Open market" should be. I feel the only way the playing field can be leveled is to make all information available to us, and for entities such as yourselves to police matters harder with stiffer penalties. This is the
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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
I am a fully invested “Ape” as you call us , over here in the UK the widespread corruption in the markets is as plain to see as it is over there in the states. Yet nobody seems to have the [REDACTED] to tackle it . This Baked shorting and Dark pool trading is so illegal that is beggars belief & the time has come now !. Remember the whole world is watching and the integrity of the stock
We demand transparency with investment firms and funds surrounding the various fees that'll be charge. We need price transparency which is all information regarding a stock's price (such as its bid prices, ask prices, and trading quantities) is available to retail traders. We also Need the T-2 settlement to be reduced to under 1 day. Please give us a fighting chance in the market. ITS
There isn’t any transparency within market. FTDs need to be enforced without delay. NO more dark pools. And SSR should be enforced more strictly. market has become very main stream this year a lot of new investors because of meme stocks - so a lot of these problems are trending to the majority and if nothing changes I can see a lot more people will not trust market after this year.
