September 10, 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 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)
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 bells and whistles are irrelevant. I just need my data.
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 have never traded without an online account.
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 :
Bonds :
Options :
Mutual Funds :
ETFs :
Futures :
Cryptocurrencies :
Commodities :
ClosedEnd Funds :
Money Market Funds :
Variable Insurance Products :
Business Development Companies :
Unit Investment Trusts :
10. What is your understanding, if any, of the circumstances under which trading or investing in your account can be suspended or restricted?
Price volatility. Market manipulation(February Robinhood), Margin Calls
11. What else would you like us to know positive or negative - about your experience with online trading and investing?
When I started trading I had no idea of the mechanics of the stock market. The language is designed to keep the uneducated out. As time went on and I started to have a simplistic understanding of the workings of the stock market, I find the Stock Market to be more and more repulsive. The blatant market manipulation is appalling. PFOF, how is this still legal in the U.S.? That was a rhetorical question. Every palm is getting greased. I used to wonder where did my money go once I hit BUY. Turns out it was going into Dark Pools, until I learned how to route directly to NYSE. Funny how my broker didn't feel the need to clarify this and I had to learn that on my own. I understand why dark pools exist. I don't understand how the regulatory agency responsible for overseeing the market doesn't crack down on the blatant abuse by the Market Makers. It is disgusting that the same tactics that caused the Dot.com crash, the 2008 and inevitably the next one which is probably not that far down the road are still allowed to continue today. When Fed Presidents start talking about pulling out their money, no matter what BS reason they give, I am sure others will follow. I do not understand how any overseeing agency could be so blind to allow history to continually repeat itself. I am here for one play and one play only. Either I walk away broke or richer than any one man needs to be. I highly doubt I would re-invest in the market without radical changes being made. The entire system is designed for the rich by the rich. It needs to be dismantled. I came here for the money, but for now stay for a better and freer market for all.