August 27, 2021
1. Do you have one or more online trading or investment accounts?
Yes, I have one or more accounts that I access both online using a computer and using a mobile app.
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?
Yes
3. On average, how often do you access your online account?
Daily/more than once a day
4. On average, how often are trades made in your online account, whether by you or someone else?
Once to a few times per month.
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?
I downloaded an app or visited a website first, and then opened up an account with the company
6. My goals for trading or investing in my online account are (check all that apply):
Keep the amount of money I have, while keeping up with inflation
Save and grow my money for short-term goals (in the next year or two)
Save and grow my money for medium- to long-term goals
Have fun
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.)
I'm not interested in things like that. I want easy to access and easy to understand information about a stocks performance and movements to help me come to an informed decision. I started with Robinhood and left soon after they turned off the buy button on GME. Their app was a good intro but the amount of information I can get on Fidelity is more in line with what I am looking for.
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.)
The amount of money I have invested has absolutely zero connection to an online account. It has everything to do with new information about different stocks and how the market actually works. I've grown up knowing the stock market was rigged for pretty much my entire life. The main reason I've become an investor is because of GME and the once in a lifetime chance to take down financial terrorists and hopefully make some money along the way.
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 : Less Than 12 Months
Bonds : Less Than 12 Months
Options : Less Than 12 Months
Mutual Funds : None
ETFs : Less Than 12 Months
Futures : None
Cryptocurrencies : Less Than 12 Months
Commodities : None
ClosedEnd Funds : None
Money Market Funds : 2-5 Years
Variable Insurance Products : None
Business Development Companies : None
Unit Investment Trusts : None
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?
Honestly my investing experience is maddening. Mostly because the SEC refuses to do its job and actually enforce rules or make the market fair and accessible to all. The amount of corruption, incompetency, and inaction is absolutely staggering. DD authors on reddit have done more to uncover corruption in 9 months than the SEC has done in my entire lifetime. This survey reads like you are gearing up to make some posturing about \"gamification\" of investing and I sincerely hope you are not wasting time on a media talking point like that while financial terrorists are on their way to forcing THE THIRD ECONOMIC CRASH OF MY LIFETIME. I'll be interested when the SEC starts making arrests, shuts down dark pools to stop price manipulation, and begins actually making arrests and prosecuting top bank and hedge fund officials for their crimes. Anything less than that is unacceptable. The way you respond to this current market will determine whether I ever invest another cent in the American stock market once the GME saga has concluded. If you fail to hold criminals like Ken Griffin accountable with actual jail time I'll move all my money to Europe or other markets that actually have regulation and oversight and the American stock market will never get another dime from me. Ball is in your court SEC. Time to step up and represent the American retail investor.