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 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 per month
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 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 hated the time when I was for fully banned from buying stocks in late January and early February of 2021. I want you to know that I feel violated as an American citizen when my rights are taken from me. The acts were beyond egregious and I fear that the perpetrators of this crime are benefiting from the lack of regulatory action.
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 learned so much about the ways of the market since I made my first stock purchase. I have read more about the \"free market\" since January than I have about my profession, Geology. My behavior has lead me to pay attention and think critically when events occur or fail to occur, and who benefits from both sides. I have payed attention to not only the US markets, but also other markets, such as Hong Kong, Beijing, Frankfurt, So Paulo, and more.
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 : None
Options : None
Mutual Funds : None
ETFs :
Futures : None
Cryptocurrencies : None
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?
I understand that there are various reasons. I do not manipulate or divulge insider material that will affect the price of any security. I am an individual investor that makes my own choices.
11. What else would you like us to know positive or negative - about your experience with online trading and investing?
I hate the fact that any rule can be changed at any moment to benefit big money players when they are losing to retail investors. The SEC does not exist to regulate big money from breaking the law, but rather the SEC acts as a protector of companies that defraud the citizens of the United States. I believe the inaction of the SEC is abhorrent and even treasonous. The SEC disgusts me.