Improving the regulation of stock market activity – a pledge of the revival of the exchange market in Ukraine

The subject of the research is a set of relations arising in the process of state regulation of the activities of participants in the exchange market. The purpose of writing this article is to study the current problems of regulating the Ukrainian exchange market and justify proposals for their solution as a priority area for the restoration and development of exchange activity in the country. The methodology of the work is the use of a monographic method (in the study of problems of formation and retrospectives of exchange activities in the domestic market), a comparative method (in assessing the state of the Ukrainian exchange market in comparison with its level abroad), a statistical method (in the process of studying the dynamics of quantitative indicators of institutionalization and the volume of exchange trade in Ukraine). The results of the work are the identified shortcomings of the state regulation of exchange activities in Ukraine, which largely determine the problems of the development of the domestic exchange market. The main measures to improve the state position in relation to the exchange commodity and stock markets of Ukraine are indicated, in particular with regard to the legislative support of exchange trade, aimed at the formation of a civilized, liquid exchange market in the country. Conclusions – the exchange market in our country has not taken the appropriate place as required by the experience of developing a market economy. It requires improvement of the legislative and legal framework, organizational and coordination support from the state