August 30, 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?
No
3. On average, how often do you access your online account?
Once to a few times a week
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):
Save and grow my money for short-term goals (in the next year or two)
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 don't appreciate my transaction being sold to other clients without my best executed price. Trades should be fair for everyone involved. PFOF should be illegal.
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.)
I've learned that emotions are pretty much the prey of the stock market. I have learned how to buy and hold, in the passed I've let my emotions take the best of me and have sold at a loss rather than staying convicted to my original thoughts.
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 : 1-2 Years
Bonds : None
Options : 1-2 Years
Mutual Funds : 2-5 Years
ETFs : 5+ Years
Futures : None
Cryptocurrencies : 5+ Years
Commodities : None
ClosedEnd Funds : None
Money Market Funds : None
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?
Apparently in the event of a stock rising due to attempting to short it into oblivion. Bankrupting Hedge Funds, Clearing Houses, the DTCC, Banks etc seems to be when my acct may be restricted. As for suspended, I'd imagine if I didn't have went against my brokers terms and/or conditions.
11. What else would you like us to know positive or negative - about your experience with online trading and investing?
If I printed fake/illegal currency in my basement and was caught, I'd go to jail for 'x' amount of time. The same should be done for those who create fake/synthetic/naked/illegal shares. It is still a form of printing illegal tender and if the SEC is only fining those that do this, they too are part of the problem. PFOF should be illegal. All players within this game of investing should be treated the same.