NASD Rule 3360 has been expanded to require FINRA member firms to report their short positions on all over-the-counter (“OTC”) equity securities to FINRA effective July 3, 2006. Once the short position reports are received, the short interest is then compiled for each OTC security.
Effective September 7, 2007, Rule 3360 was changed to require firms to increase the frequency of short interest reporting from monthly to semi-monthly cycles. Please refer to the Short Interest Reporting Deadlines for the current reporting schedule.