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?
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?
Less often than once a 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 medium- to long-term goals
Other
If Other, Explain:
To assist in exposing the crimes of major hedge funds who naked short stocks into bankruptcy through total return swap contracts
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.)
There's way too much of that [REDACTED]. Sofi has a leaderboard of investors and shows individuals who have bought or sold a stock and the price of the trade, and they show limit orders being set by other members as well. You have to opt into their social media system, but it's so obnoxious to even know it exists. All the information I need about what other investors are doing should come from the change in price of a stock itself, but of course, that only works if the vast majority of trades are made on lit markets, which we all know isn't happening (AKA greater than 50% of some stocks shares are traded in dark pools or off the market entirely to conceal their real price movements).
Changing colors, points, badges, notifications, etc. are all silly, but irrelevant. If someone is prone to gambling, they will seek out ways to gamble whether or not a handful of Americans treat the stock market as a casino is irrelevant because a handful of institutions manufacture a significant portion of the available data about many of the stocks that have been popular this year.
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.)
N/A
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 : 1-2 Years
Futures : None
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?
If I am suspected of laundering money if I have recently made a transfer of securities into or out of my account if I relocate to another country if I develop ties to terrorist organizations if I fail a margin call.
11. What else would you like us to know positive or negative - about your experience with online trading and investing?
As soon as the handful of stocks that are currently being manipulated are allowed to show their actual prices due to multiple short and gamma squeezes that have been ongoing since January, I will be seeking out other venues to invest for the long term, because the U.S. market is verifiably more corrupt than other major stock markets, and necessarily more corrupt than investing in major cryptocurrencies. I would honestly feel safer investing in the Chinese Yuan than in the U.S. stock market. I'm just waiting for my payday when the SEC finally does its job and for my remaining securities to become long-term capital gains before cashing them out.