September 25, 2021
1. Do you have one or more online trading or investment accounts?
Yes, I have one or more accounts that I access online, either using a computer or a mobile app but I also access the account(s) in other ways (e.g., by calling or visiting in person).
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 had a pre-existing account and downloaded an app or visited a website to access my account
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.)
I have no trust in the sec enforcing/regulating brokers. This year when a broker stopped allowing online traders from buying in order to manipulate the market. The sec should have immediately held the broker and the broker supporters accountable. When the sec fines the brokers a small amount while at the same time, they either save or profit in the millions or billions, retail investors (global) have no faith or trust in the market and the sec.
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.)
Online accounts allow retail investors to make better decision making with trading and market knowledge.
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 : 5+ Years
Bonds : None
Options : 5+ Years
Mutual Funds : 5+ Years
ETFs : None
Futures : None
Cryptocurrencies : 1-2 Years
Commodities : 5+ Years
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?
if the stock increases/decreases over a certain %, the market will pause for a little time then continue trading.
11. What else would you like us to know positive or negative - about your experience with online trading and investing?
Retail investors have no trust in the SEC. My view is that the SEC is ineffective and allow the brokers, market makers, banks, DTCC, and all the big players to manipulate the market so they can make billions and retail investors are left unprotected. The majority of SEC employees have either worked for a hedge fund or will go to a hedge fund after working for the SEC in order to continue \"turn a blind eye\" process. The SEC hasn't substantially enforced insider trading especially with government officials. The SEC needs to actually do the job that they were created for so the US free market is fair and transparent with checks and balances. Start arresting the corrupt CEOs
and government officials that commit market crime. Please do your job so global retail investors can start to regain some trust in the SEC and the US market.