Subject: File No. S7-06-22
From: Kevin B. John
Affiliation: Teacher

February 19, 2022

90-95% of retail trades go though dark pools. This practice must be immediately banned. Theres no legitimate price discovery on certain stocks even when buy are far higher than sells.

Hedgefunds have too much power to trade among themselves and slowly decline the price.

The manipulation in these markets is rampant. Information is withheld and manipulated to fit an narrative.

Investors have taken to Direct Registering their stock to protect their shares.

Theres a large amount of synthetic shares circulating for $GME, multiple times the available float.