May. 25, 2022
May 25, 2022 As a retail investor I fully support increased reporting concerning short positions. The risk shorting, particularly naked shorting, poses to the entire market is potentially catastrophic. We need a lot more transparency around overall short positions and overall shares existing in the market including via swap positions. With regard to this particular rule we need to know how much shorting is actually being done and whether share purchasing is being done to cover an existing short obligation. My fellow retail investors are very worried that excessive shorting is being used as a destructive force for hurting otherwise productive companies. More transparency is needed urgently.