September 26, 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?
Yes
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?
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 medium- to long-term goals
Have fun
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.)
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.)
NA
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 :
Options :
Mutual Funds :
ETFs : 1-2 Years
Futures :
Cryptocurrencies :
Commodities :
ClosedEnd Funds :
Money Market Funds : 1-2 Years
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?
Depends, I feel like there could be a few things that cause an account to be suspended or restricted but I'm not 100% sure. The first, If you're involved with the law and your assets have been frozen or some other legal circumstance. Second whatever broker/bank/booker doesn't meet the margin requirements and doesn't have the liquidity to take on inherit risk or possible problems. Last would be crime, like robbinhood colluding with market makers to restrict the sale of a stock so rich people don't loose too much money on a risky bet so they can continue to rob the lower classes.
11. What else would you like us to know positive or negative - about your experience with online trading and investing?
I think we really need to enforce the financial laws already on the books. Continuing to not enforce laws makes another horrible financial crash inevitable. We probably need new/better laws too. People in American institutions should realize a free market built with truth, fair rules and enforcement produces the best results for a societies resource allocation, business competition, population happiness, adaptability/longevity, and general stability. I fear for Americas future, things seems chaotic and unstable. It appears like it's getting worse. 2008 should have been a wake up call to nefarious financial crimes and nothing was done, I unfortunately see see a dark path ahead