Subject: Comment for File No. SR-IEX-2025-02
From: Michael Puleo
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Jul. 11, 2025

Recently IMC, Charles Schwab and Citadel submitted a comment letter to the SEC opposing IEX’s newly proposed options exchange. That alone isn’t remarkable, but these three firms make a big deal of the claim that they “represent... a significant portion of retail orders” and therefore represent what’s in retail investors’ best interests. However, I am an individual investor, and PFOF Brokers and Wholesalers do not represent my interests. I fully support IEX's new endeavor. 



Thank you.