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 online using a computer.
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 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.)
My investment platform uses features such as social networking tools, notifications, visual cues like bars and lines.
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.)
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 : None
Futures : Less Than 12 Months
Cryptocurrencies : Less Than 12 Months
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?
Suspending trading in my account, which Robinhood has done which is pretty fucking illegal if you ask me, can mean that there is little to no liquidity in the market or the market is extremely volatile. But of which can happen due to [REDACTED].
11. What else would you like us to know positive or negative - about your experience with online trading and investing?
Since I have started investing and doing my due diligence, I have learned that the US stock market is a facade, which is sad because I used to believe that the US stock market is a free and transparent market .It is clear to me now that SHFs, politicians and the regulatory bodies only wish to enrich themselves at the expense of the massses. At no point in your 88-year history were you even close to anything that could be considered a legitimate regulatory body. Mostly everyone in this world is now poorer for having to be subjected to it.
Gary Gensler, if you are serious about doing your job and not be another suit that does nothing then consider these points:
1. DRS should be made available at the broker level. I want my name on the shares I buy.
2. PFOF should be illegal and I want to see enforcement on those who violate this.
3. Naked shorting should be illegal and I want to see enforcement on violators.
4. Dark pools should be shut down.
5. All trades should be on the lit market and not in small lot batches. My investment should mean something.
6. Fines against hedge funds should be 10x what they cost the public traders instead of the cost of doing business.
Until then, Iaward you no admiration, goodwill or respect, and may God have mercy on your soul.