Jan. 7, 2022
Good evening, For the sake of transparency and to curtail market manipulation, short sellers’ positions should be readily available to the public to view and assess, and all reported figures should be updated daily. Long positions are required to be reported, and those should also be reported and updated daily. Borrowers and lenders of stock should have the same strict requirements for reporting daily, with their full positions disclosed and updated daily at the end of market hours, and rehypothication of already lent shares should not be permissible under any circumstance, by any participants, market makers, or clearing corporations (otherwise, there is no reason to assume that shares have any market value, as rehypothication removes their limited availability and non-fungible character). If there’s no wrongdoing occurring in the markets, then this shouldn’t be bothersome to those on either side of a trade. Sincerely, A concerned retail investor