August 28, 2021
1. Do you have one or more online trading or investment accounts?
Yes, I have one or more accounts that I access online using a computer.
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 medium- to long-term goals
Other
If Other, Explain:
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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.)
This question is phrased in an confusing manner but I will try to answer: A feature I've come across that I found to be very disrupting for my trading, was when a handful of brokers (example: Robinhood) removed the buy button, effectively robbing me of the ability to trade freely on this so called \"free market\" of ours.
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 become more aware of the blatant corruption an manipulation that rules the market with an iron fist. It is very upsetting and it is turning a whole generation of investors off to the idea of investing their money into the stockmarket, which in effect will remove TRILLIONS of dollars from the market.
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 : None
Mutual Funds : None
ETFs : None
Futures : None
Cryptocurrencies : 1-2 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?
11. What else would you like us to know positive or negative - about your experience with online trading and investing?
I have lost so complete faith in the whole system.. Every regulatory body seems to be just as guilty and/or just as corrupt as the criminals that they are suppose to regulate. It's makes me so sad and depressed.. We are NOTHING to you.. WE bailed out Wall Street for THEIR incompetency, corruption and greed and this is how you repay us? You tell us it's a free market.. WHILST OUR CHILDREN STARVE, YOU TELL US IT'S A FAIR SYSTEM WHILST MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE BEING EVICTED FROM THEIR HOMES YOU TELL US THAT CAPITALISM HASN'T FAILED US?
I am crying while I type this. I am tired. Tired of the lies, the corruption and the [REDACTED]. HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THIS CAN CONTINUE, BEFORE WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH? HOW MUCH MORE SUFFERING DO YOU THINK WE ARE WILLING TO ENDURE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ROBBED US OF OUR FUTURES? PEOPLE ARE DIEING
Please.. SEC.. Please I beg you.. Do the right thing. Break this wheel of corruption.