Aug. 30, 2021
1. Do you have one or more online trading or investment accounts? Yes, I have one or more accounts that I access online, either using a computer or a mobile app but I also access the account(s) in other ways (e.g., by calling or visiting in person). 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): Save and grow my money for medium- to long-term goals 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 have had a terrible time with Robinhood I have since closed my account with them and continue my account with TD and fidelity. Robinhood cost me potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars by stoping purchasability of stocks causing them to crash. This was done because they had a liquidity issue. What should have happened is the DTCC should have sold off their holdings to meet margin requirements. Instead retail got screwed. 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.) My behaviors have not changed due to online investing. 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 : 5+ Years Bonds : None Options : 5+ Years Mutual Funds : None ETFs : 5+ Years Futures : 2-5 Years Cryptocurrencies : 2-5 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 if a fund has a liquidity issue my account can be suspended or restricted due to them not managing their business properly and be overlevereged. 11. What else would you like us to know positive or negative - about your experience with online trading and investing? I feel that it should be against the law to be a hedge fund, a market maker and a dark pool all at the same time in the case of citadel. This is a recipe for crime enabled by who? Also I believe it should be against the law for any member of government to work for a bank or hedge fund after their government job. Also members of government should be banned from buying and selling stocks. All information on short positions should be available at all times updated very frequently.