Dec. 31, 2022
December 31, 2022 Comments on S7-31-22: Order Competition Rule Fair and transparent markets are fundamental expectations that investors have when utilizing broker-dealers. Here are my thoughts as an individual investor: -Competition for orders is critically important to ensuring that the best execution can be implemented, and the parties involved in the trade are getting exposure to a competitive group of market participants. -Internalization and trades executed in dark pools are not impacting the NBBO and preventing true price discovery. -Internalizing appears to benefit market makers much more than individual investor trying to buy or sell a security. -There should be no exemptions for market makers, broker-dealers with high or low volume, small- or large-block trades, or otherwise. Thank you for providing individual investors, like myself, the opportunity provide input on the proposal. Thank you for your time.