Subject: File No. S7-08-09
From: Brady Brown

May 4, 2009

Short selling (unchecked) has WRECKED my 401K. There was literally NO time to pull out of the financial sector before short sellers DESTROYED the stocks. CitiBank for example had 23% of its shares being shorted in a given week. 23% The stock literally tumbled down faster than anyone could hit the SELL button. Please make short selling a legitimate trading method again and re-instate the uptick rule.

Regards,

Brady Brown