February 7, 2022
First, thank you for finally looking into this. It seems that retail traders have been forever manipulated and it is nice to see that someone may finally do something about it. I am almost to the point of not being involved in the stock market at all with all the blatant manipulation that occurs daily. When Gary Gensler comes out and says that 90-95% of all trades do not go thru lit exchanges - well that pretty much says all that is needed. Last Sept Sears sees a big jump in price when it isn't even traded? We see big stock price movements up and down with nothing new that has been reported from the company? I always read how crypto isn't a safe investment - that it trades on the whims of a few, but honestly can it be any worse than the US stock market? It seems to me that the US stock is a playground for the wealthy with little regard for the retail trader. Changes need to be made before the whole market is undermined by hedge funds (at this point it already seems to be). But most importantly, if you make rules they must be enforced, which to me seems like the bigger issue, hedge funds do what they like and at most get a slap on the wrist when they break laws. The punishment doesn't fit the crime. They need to go to jail for making the US stock market the joke that is is turning in to be.