Subject: File No. S7-31-22; Release No. 34-96495: Order Competition Rule
From: Josef Wagner
Affiliation:

Mar. 26, 2023

Dear Sir/Madam,
 
I’m an investor from europe and I fully support the rule, please implement it as soon as possible.
But every rule the SEC passes is only as good as the enforcement that backs it. I want to see higher fines that actually serve as a significant deterrent.
 
I think some broker-dealers should lose their licenses instead of receiving fines that amount to nothing more than a cost of doing business - a cost that is often outweighed by the ill-gotten gains obtained through “honest mistakes”. 
 
The current rule forces dark pools (Alternative Trading Systems) to provide quotes and trades to consolidated market data IF they wish to operate as an auction. 
 
I fully support and appreciate rule changes like this that bring more transparency to dark markets. The investing public should have easy access to what is happening within the markets. 
 
 
With best regards,
 
Josef Emanuel Wagner