Subject: S7-08-22: WebForm Comments from Rich Newton
From: Rich Newton
Affiliation: Investor

Oct. 30, 2022



October 30, 2022

 Short Selling data needs to be accurate, timely, and transparent so that all market participants can have full faith in the market and can make informed decisions. Anything less is completely unacceptable.

The technology exists to provide a wealth of real-time information about markets - this includes short selling data. The only reason to limit access or have low standards of accountability is to invite fraud or crime into markets.

It is in every investor's interest - from small retail traders to large brokerage houses - to have freely available, accurate, and quickly updated data on all forms of short selling including naked short selling and failures to deliver.