Subject: S7-01-23: WebForm Comments from Steven Mallo
From: Steven Mallo
Affiliation:

Mar. 23, 2023



 March 23, 2023

 I sincerely believe that there should be no exceptions made for any reason for proposed rule S7-01-23. The below exceptions requested should all be denied:


-Risk-mitigating hedging
 activities
-Bona fide market-making
 activities
-Liquidity commitments

In a fair and free market these rules need to be applied equally to all.

Just the fact that these exemption proposals are being made leads me to believe that the SEC is complicit in the obvious price manipulation and fraudulent activity conducted by the very entities the SEC is attempting to give exemptions to. Thank you.