Transparency is very important to a free and fair market. Understandably, market makers need to "make the market" with points of anninumy. However, if those loopholes can be used to create legal manipulation of the markets, a fair balance of transparency should be developed. With transparency no market maker should be allowed to "make the market" with their and their clients' best interest involved. With a reform of the "loopholes" the fair and free trade market allows for capital to grow and prove that as a free nation, we as a nation have all of the same freedom as an equal.

For markets to be fair, ALL parties should have access to ALL darkpool data. Darkpools are not being used for the purpose for which they were created. Transparency is integral to a fair market for all.

Shorting stocks should be illegal! It is only a way to manipulate price! If you wanna play you gotta pay!!!

Dear SEC, From: Concerned Citizen Regulations are mainly out of reach. The old way of taxing is running out of runway, but with every innovation (Blockchain/Defi tech) comes some form of change. I believe we are undergoing radical change that will disperse wealth to the people. Isn't that the goal. Taxes and policy/regulation will for sure stifle American GDP in comparison to other countries, but to do so one would need to volunteer to a tax service.

All I ask for is a level playing field when investing my hard earned money. I would like to invest in companies I believe In without being taken advantage of by the chip leader. Please continue to fight for retail investors so that we can utilize the stock market the way it was designed. Thank you

There needs to be hourly reporting of short positions and it must be monitorized. The manipulation of rerouting over 50% of trades daily of AMC through dark pools to benefit Hedge Funds positions is not a free market. I have watched blatant manipulation through AMC and GME. I am a professional business woman who has done lengthy research into FTD’s, Synthetic Shares and how there are possibly 29B synthetic shares of AMC alone.

Every investor should have access to the following data(In real time whenever available) -Updates on short interest data -Settlement on transactions - Failure to deliver data -Synthetic short data (so called naked shorts) -13F filings for short positions Additionally the following practices should be either be made illegal or become significantly more regulated * Single side dark pool trading should be eliminated.

In a fair and open market there should be transparency and a level playing field for all investors. Right now, there is a massive deficit in access to information, trade speed, preferential terms and types of trades, and pay-to-play investing that heavily favors institutional investors over retail investors. Additionally, institutional investors engage in relationship-based, illegal, or near-illegal activity on a daily basis that give them an outsized influence on the market.

We need a system with accountability and where the playing field is even. No more dark pools or shorting

What is extremely discouraging is becoming aware of Dark pools, And in particular Citadel Connect. Where apparently they don’t have to report anything to Finra?? Is they are using dark pools and the connect forum to trade. And Lee the stock price down of say AMC for example. Is gives very little confidence in the system. especially as retail investor are becoming increasingly more aware of how stocks can be manipulated. There needs to be more accountability. Hope this comment reaches somebody who nods in agreement instead of being sweeped under a rug.