Subject: SR-OCC-2024-001
From: Mark Goldhammer
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Feb. 4, 2024

My comment is, I feel, fairly straight forward. I am strongly opposed to this rule because I believe it would be a mistake to decrease margin requirements during periods of high market volatility. If anything, margin requirements should be increased during such times. It is difficult to understand and come to terms with what feels like a market that has special sets of rules that can be taken advantage of by some parties but not by others, to include individual investors such as myself. 


Thank you for your time and consideration, 


Mark Goldhammer