April 1, 2022
Rule S7-18-21 is very nessisary and vital to the stock and nessisary so that retail investors and potential investors don't lose confidence in the stock market. Transparency is needed in the market and should more available to retail investors who don't have certain and/or particular information to them while trading in the stock market. All traders, whether financial institutions or retail investors, should be able to find obtain and know information about the trading of any stock within the legal parameters. Having little or no transparency available to retail investors may cause most retail investors to leave the stock marker. Having one group of investors know more than another is not fair. Retail investors have very little information on the short selling of stocks. In particular the amounts. Having shorts reported on a continued bases not only helps all investors trading in the market but will also expose those who illegally short stocks through the creation of synthetics.