In the unlikely event of a system-wide failure, FINRA will use the following resources to alert members.
TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
LAST DATE FOR COMMENT: DECEMBER 21, 1987.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The NASD is requesting comments on proposed amendments to the Rules of Practice and Procedures for the Small Order Execution System (SOES) and to Schedule D to the NASD By-Laws. In pertinent part, the proposed rule amendments would:
(1) prohibit a firm that withdraws, on an unexcused
All short interest and FTDs need to be reported on a daily basis. Individual investors deserve to know what is going on with their stocks, especially when the entire system is computerized.
FINRA Revises the Series 7, 17, 37 and 38 Examination Programs
FINRA publishes this quarterly review to provide firms with a summary sampling of recent disciplinary actions involving misconduct by registered representatives. The sample includes settled matters and decisions in litigated cases (National Adjudicatory Council decisions and decisions of the SEC in FINRA cases). These summaries call attention to, and remind registered representatives and firms of, specific conduct that violates FINRA rules and may result in disciplinary action.
The Extended Hours Trading topic of the 2025 FINRA Annual Regulatory Oversight Report (the Report) informs member firms’ compliance programs by providing annual insights from FINRA’s ongoing regulatory operations, including (1) regulatory obligations, (2) findings and effective practices, and (3) additional resources.
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
The Variable Annuities topic of the 2024 FINRA Annual Regulatory Oversight Report (the Report) informs member firms’ compliance programs by providing annual insights from FINRA’s ongoing regulatory operations, including (1) regulatory obligations and related considerations, (2) findings and effective practices, and (3) additional resources.
As part of its multi-year Digital Experience Transformation, FINRA is using an API Developer Center (developer.finra.org) to support automation. The API Developer Center website includes information designed to assist clients interested in using API technology to gain access to OTC Transparency data. The available API endpoints provide a mechanism to retrieve this data using a machine-to-machine
Accurate reporting with proof instead of an honor system. No more wholesale brokerages that run shares through dark pools to aide short positions. Each share sold once with serial number as proof. No naked shorting is permitted, but it is still happening, so why are the perpetrators allowed to still participate in the market? No mislabeling shorts as longs. Enforce covering of short positions by
