Subject: Comment Letter for File Number S7-08-22 Short Position and Short Activity Reporting by Institutional Investment Managers
From: William Wills
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Oct. 17, 2022

 


If the SEC is going to continue to allow payment for order flow then at a minimum let retail investors have to ability to see who they are up against on the other side of the trade.  Protect individual investors PLEASE.  The individual investor stands no chance with the lack of information we currently have.   We the investors already have our back to the walls with all of the conflicts of interest (for example market makers and also have hedge funds).  At a minimum we the investors should be privy to who is short on our investments.  


Please stand up for the individual investors the SEC claims to protect. 


Thank you for the opportunity to comment. 


William Wills