Mar. 31, 2023
Hello, as an individual instor I wholeheartedly support the inslusion of odd-lots for the NBBO. The exclusion of said odd-lots is the same as the exclusion from individual investors. We need to free our financial markets from wholesalers which dictate and control the markets and can't accept the fact that institutions like citadel, which got fined multiple times for their wrongdoing, only pay small fines that just reduce their ill-gotten winnings. Market Makers that other financial institutions that don't obey the rules should get their licence revoked instead of a lousy fee. I it is the individuals who should have a say in changing the course in a companies direction thorugh voting with our investment. Excluding odd-lot information is the same as taking away our power to vote which should be the highest goal in a democratic system in whicl we all live in. I fully support the harmonization of tick sizes across all exchanges. I was shocked to learn that some exchanges get special treatment and are able to leverage that special treatment to build monopolies in some areas of the market. All exchanges should have to quote AND trade in the same increments. Some exchanges shouldn’t be granted an unfair advantage over others. It leads to monopolistic control of parts of the market that counteract and eventually kill the positive benefits of competition. The markets are supposed to be fair - so make them fair. I appreciaty the effort of the SEC to tackle these important issues and want to support them,