With how poorly the entire market is run, anything that enhances the ability for retail investors to have more transparency is a must. With how easily everything can be manipulated, data being skewed and hidden, naked shorts, FTD's, etc - the entire system needs an overhaul. But at the minimum, 21-19 needs to be passed to allow better transparency involving the reporting of short interest
There should be regulations so that the shorting is reported and naked shorting is eliminated. We are in 2021 not 2001 and we need fairness. It's time for change and we want change now!
The use of dark pools as a tool for price suppression is overwhelmingly clear. Market manipulation is actively taking place and the free reign of large organizations to process transactions off-exchange is essentially cheating the system. Additionally, there is basically no real, enforceable regulation on the shorting of stocks. Through aggressive shorting, powerful entities can drive many
All reports should be consolidated for all markets in one location where it is easily accessible to all investors. FTDs should be reported daily and should be required to be cleared within a a T3 timeline without exception. Short positions and changes to those positions should be reported daily and that information should be made available to all investors no later than the next business day
To whom it may concern, I would like to voice my concerns regarding the following: Naked short selling High frequency trading algorithms Payment for order flow Dark pools Over the course of 2021, meme stocks have made quite a splash in financial markets and exposed what would constitute fraud for the average person, but turns into "savvy investing" for financial institutions. The
I would like more transparency in regards to short interest and naked shorting of stocks. Trading is rigged against retail investors and all I want to see is a level playing field. Thank you.
Since the stack market is meant to operate on the principals of supply a demand. I believe that synthetic share creation through naked short selling or naked options needs technical controls enacted to prevent. Policy controls appear to be largely ineffective give the number of cases for violations listed on SEC.GOV. Given we can buy and sell shares and options why isn’t there simply an exchange
FINRA, you have big name institutions that have in the past been found violating regulations on how to properly mark a short as short instead of long, how to properly report information, and how to properly manage it. In a free and transparent marketplace, every institution should have their cards on the table. If they want to invest, they should report it. If they want to short, they should
1. Illegal naked shorting needs to stop . 2. Should have mandatory, correct short interest reported daily . FTDS should be covered immediately when they are owed they shouldn’t become FTDS. Market manipulation needs to be stopped by hedge funds . An institution shouldnt be able to short any stock if they are a market maker . Conflict of interest . No more payment for order flow ! No more dark
Hedge funds use techniques such as naked shorting, dark pools, and other questionable techniques to transfer money from retail investors to such funds. It is of the utmost importance that there is a level playing field thus that any type of short is logged, incuding which type of short it is, who is doing this etc. And to do this on a regular basis (daily?) so there is a more level playing field
