Subject: File No. S7-18-21
From: Anonymous Professional Engineer

January 4, 2022

As a \"retail investor\", I appreciate the initiative to increase transparency and availability of data.

Although I appreciate the value of being able to lend and sell short, I am of the opinion that current regulations, lack of reporting, lack of oversight, and/or the actions of bad actors, has created an environment where stocks are being manipulated rather than undergoing true price discovery.

I hope that we can work to rectify these problems while faith in the markets is still curable.

Thank you for considering my comments.