October 15, 2021
My comment is a resounding \"NO.\" This 2-day (or longer) suspension and the reasoning behind it is weak. It doesn't matter whether other exchanges have the same rule. 1.) The chair of NYSE, Jeffrey Sprecher, is not someone I trust to make a subjective judgment of whether a trade suspension is \"in the interest\" of retail investors. He and his wife dumped significant amounts of stock early in the coronavirus pandemic. His interests are clearly his own personal wealth and the further accumulation thereof. 2.) This rule will temporarily shut down trades on open exchanges, while leaving dark pool activity open for business. Normal people do not have access to these hidden trading activities, and the priviliged few who do will be able to profit off of the imbalance in the market that shutting off trade activity on an exchange would cause.