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?
No
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 a week.
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.)
The only important features are the tools for analyzing, graphs, and the buying and selling. Nothing else matters.
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.)
They haven't changed.
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 : 1-2 Years
Options : 1-2 Years
Mutual Funds : 5+ Years
ETFs : 5+ Years
Futures : None
Cryptocurrencies : 1-2 Years
Commodities : None
ClosedEnd Funds : None
Money Market Funds : 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?
1. If I don't have the funds or margin to complete a trade.
2. If I am over leveraged on margin and I recieve a maintenance/margin call.
3. If a crooked [REDACTED] broker has been lying, cheating, and stealing from its so-called \"customers\" in order to protect their bottom line from the crimes they have committed (ie: Robinghood and gang).
4. Stock market circuit breakers.
11. What else would you like us to know positive or negative - about your experience with online trading and investing?
The FACT that Robinhood and other online brokers restricted trading and continue use other under-handed or illegal tactics to stack the deck in their favor with a complete lack of oversight, timely prosecution, and frankly a complete lack of consequences has left a bad taste in my mouth. Not to mention the FACT that several participants in the congressional hearing have been unequivocally proven to have lied while under oath, with 0 consequences, or the FACT that congressmen/women who sold off significant portions of stock or invested heavily in certain pharmaceutical companies right after receiving a classified briefing on the impacts of Covid and have received no punishment is [REDACTED] INSANE. The market is neither free nor fair and needs to be completely shut off, stripped down, and rebuilt from the bottom up. If the upcoming short squeeze doesn't destroy the market and economy, I and many like me will be removing our investments from the market until it can be operated free and fairly. DO YOUR JOBS INSTEAD OF TAKING BRIBES