August 27, 2021
1. Do you have one or more online trading or investment accounts?
2. If your response to Question 1 is Yes, do you think you would trade or invest if you could not do so online using a computer or using a mobile app?
3. On average, how often do you access your online account?
4. On average, how often are trades made in your online account, whether by you or someone else?
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5. If you access your account online, did you have the account first, and only began to access it electronically later? Or did you open the account with the idea that you would access it electronically immediately?
6. My goals for trading or investing in my online account are (check all that apply):
7. What would you like us to know about your experience with the features of your online trading or investment platform? (Examples of features are: social networking tools games, streaks, or contests with prizes points, badges, and leaderboards notifications celebrations for trading visual cues, like changing colors ideas presented at order placement or other curated lists or features subscription and membership tiers or chatbots.)
8. If you were trading or investing prior to using an online account, how have your investing and trading behaviors changed since you started using your online account? (For example, the amount of money you have invested, your interest in learning about investing and saving for retirement, the amount of time you have spent trading, your knowledge of financial products, the number of trades you have made, the amount of money you have made in trading, your knowledge of the markets, the number of different types of financial products you have traded, or your use of margin.)
9. How much experience do you have trading or investing in the following products (None, 12 months, 1-2 years, 2-5 years, 5+ years):
Stocks :
Bonds :
Options :
Mutual Funds :
ETFs :
Futures :
Cryptocurrencies :
Commodities :
ClosedEnd Funds :
Money Market Funds :
Variable Insurance Products :
Business Development Companies :
Unit Investment Trusts :
10. What is your understanding, if any, of the circumstances under which trading or investing in your account can be suspended or restricted?
11. What else would you like us to know positive or negative - about your experience with online trading and investing?
I was not investing prior to having my online account with the exception of having a 401k at one point. Since gaining an online account I have spent lots of time learning about stocks and the market. So far I am of the opinion that the market is largely manipulated by market makers, hedge funds, and banks, and that an average investor does not have the ability to have fair trades in a fair market. The value of investors money is being stolen by these entities through dark pools and price manipulation by naked short selling causing the prices in lit exchanges to not reflect the true value of shares. Until there is real regulation in the market and the rules cannot be skirted, bent, or ignored by the wealthy and powerful and there are fines and jail time that match the level of crimes committed by wall street I have no real faith in the market. A majority of people are starting to se the ruse and the lie that is wall street and the amount of money and in turn we are seeing our futures being stolen from us and people are waking up to the game. What we need is an SEC that can dish out real enforcement and protect everyone who is investing in the market. Failure to do so will result in complete loss of faith in the American economy in the future and put this country on a path of destabilization and possibly losing Americas status as the reserve currency and losing standing in the world at large. It's time to make the American dream possible again.