September 23, 2021
1. Do you have one or more online trading or investment accounts?
Yes, I have one or more accounts that I access 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):
Keep the amount of money I have, while keeping up with inflation
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.)
I would like the SEC to do their job and instead of worrying about gamification...(we are adults who can legally gamble at a casino) you shut down dark pool trading, shut down naked shorting, and make a fair and equitable market for all traders whether they represent the one percent or the 99 percent.
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 am less trusting of our government and the belief that the democratic party represents me as I was before I saw the rampant corruption either ignored or supported by the SEC and the US Government regardless of the party. Please stop focusing on the distractions with Crypto and Gamification and anything else that evades doing your job for the American People. Free and Fair 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 : Less Than 12 Months
Bonds :
Options :
Mutual Funds : 2-5 Years
ETFs :
Futures :
Cryptocurrencies : 1-2 Years
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?
There were no expectations until the buy button was fraudulently shut down for millions of retail investors only because they were winning against hedge funds. A slap on the wrist for Robinhood was sadly the only punishment.
11. What else would you like us to know positive or negative - about your experience with online trading and investing?
Dark pools, manipulation, and naked shorting make a negative experience because our SEC, sworn to protect us, is not fixing the issue. Would love an answer to why they are focusing on anything else.