Daily short reporting. None of this every 15 days. Also eliminate this T+2 reporting nonsense so others can naked short in the days between. No more illegal malarky. How about any purchased stocks (which can be used now for short ladder attacks) are forced towards covering shorts? Until all shorts are covered by short seller... all purchased stocks can't be sold, they have to be routed to
I feel my investment choices are my own, and not the regulators. I have successfully invested in stocks, ETFs, Mutual Funds, Stock Options, and Leveraged Securities for more than 30 years.
Even though people may see leveraged stocks as risks. In reality, when trading them for the long run they are actually very safe investments. There is no reason to restrict access to these stocks
We are at a cross roads as an economy, thus as a country. Hedge funds and other similar large corporate entities have an unfair advantage in the market, and has acted to the detriment of the health of our economy as a whole. Loose rules related to the reporting of short interest and FTDs(fail to deliver) has created an environment that allows hedge funds and the like to take advantage of retail
It is in the interest of anyone investing in the market, as well as for those with retirement accounts for there to be an improvement in the reporting of short interest, and of its sources. At this time it is common for stock prices to be determined not by the foundational performance of the company that it represents, but rather by whether hedge funds or other investment vehicles have decided to
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I’m interested in seeing more transparency for the average retail investor. Short sellers are manipulating the stock market right in front of our eyes. Its not hidden, its right in front of our faces. Quite unfair and corrupt. I feel a big disadvantage as a retail investor because of how hard a short selling company can manipulate the price of a stock and have an effect on the actual price of the
These leveraged ETFs are less risky than many individual stocks that are available to anyone. They are predictable- ie 2X or 3X. Individual stocks are not! The secret is getting out and the professionals do not want to share.
Dear FINRA,
I have been investing in leveraged stocks for sometime. SSO for example, is my go to stock purchase these days.
Please allow me to invest as I see fit.
Thank you!
There are many individual stocks which have been and continue to be more volatile then leveraged stocks.Are you going to regulate them as well. leveraged stocks are safer than borrowing on margin. That is a fact.
