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 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.)
I'd like you to know that the sec is doing a miserable job of living up to it's mission statement as evidenced by the complete and utter absence of a fair and free market. Even orders directed to lit exchanges such at IEX are being routed through market makers like citadel first by brokerages of Fidelity and TDAmeritrade's caliber. What the hell 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.)
Since the rise of online trading I've learned this market is a complete and utter joke. I just try to identify the next hedge fund pump and dump that is being pushed online to YOLO into.
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 : Less Than 12 Months
Mutual Funds : 5+ Years
ETFs : 5+ Years
Futures : None
Cryptocurrencies : None
Commodities : None
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?
I understand that my trading can be restricted if I perform pattern day trade or freeride violations.
I also understand my trading WILL be restricted if my trades are not profitable for the friends and family of the SEC.
11. What else would you like us to know positive or negative - about your experience with online trading and investing?
The SEC is worthless. When the fine is orders of magnitude smaller than the ill-gotten gains then it's just a business expense. I rob a bank they'll take everything and then some, Steve/Ken/Jeff rob Americans of their livelihoods and they pay a 0.75% penalty?
You're a joke. No one respects you. You certainly are not a regulator, you are merely an enabler.