I entered the market as a retail investor. I had an understanding of business fundamentals and decided to test my knowledge hoping to create some wealth for my family. After a year of buying and selling stocks, I realize I can never time this right. I wanted to understand why I am always on the losing end. Now, after reading what goes on in the so called dark pools, I realize I cannot trust the system as this was not designed for retail investors with little tools. My purchases routed through dark pools while retail investors are kept out of the after hours trading? how can this be fair?

Eliminate dark pools Fines should be greater than the profit hedge made from the illegal activity Jail time is needed for market manipulation. Short positions should be forcibly closed out if illegal market manipulation is found and trading rights of those involved should be revoked. Shorting taking place in the dark pool needs to be disclosed to the public. If an institution buys shares in the dark pool and then dumps (sells) those same shares on the public exchanges to tank the price, this should have to be reported. Fail to Delivers should be reported to the public as well as Finra.

Creating synthetic shares is the same as counterfeiting. Current fines are not a deterrent to the crime. Also companies cannot be put in prison, so fines must offset all profits created by the crime. With current technology, settlement can be confirmed within minutes if not seconds.

More transparency on short positions is necessary. Long positions are able to be seen by all. Retail deserves the same transparency on both positions.

It has become apparent to millions of investors in companies like AMC and GME that Citadel and other hedge funds are abusing dark pools to buy via dark pools in order to avoid creating buying pressure on the public market, then selling on the public market to create selling pressure thus driving the price down. Because they can essentially manipulate the price in this way their abuse them extends to options. Today, July 22, 71% of transaction too place in the dark pool. At one point this number was as high as 92%. The retail investor is simply powerless against dark pool abuse.

Short selling to bankrupt a company should be illegal. Not that the legal system does anything about the naked shorting that's being abused. Short selling is essential to the market, but something needs to actually be done to the hedge funds who abuse this system. It's not fair and it's not right.

transparency shouldnt be optional, and you shouldnt need the public to tell you how to properly regulate the playing field (a typical field is level and symmetrical and whatnot)

Request more transparency in the market. Elimination of the T+2. Why can someone short/possibly naked short a position more than the entire float? There should be some regulation. Why is Citadel allowed to be a market maker, hedge fund, and a technology company? There are companies that have been disbanded for less. Trust needs to be instilled in the market and that can be done by you. Very Respectfully, LT Nguyen

It is strange that there is always 'new' regulations but how about ENFORCING the current regulations? Citadel, for one, keeps shorting stock with phantom shares. SEC has been informed but just like Bernie Madoff they ignore all information. The stock market is a joke and is NOT a free market. It will be sad when retail folk start pulling their money out of the market!

Something needs to be done about Dark Pool trading. Ticker AMC This is criminal and misleading investors . Please Help !!