We have heard many descirptions of the "maker/taker" model prevalent at trading venues today. Please tell us how you feel about each of these characterizations.

 Strongly AgreeAgreeDisagreeStrongly Disagree
Maker Taker fees are "the oil that makes trading run" by rewarding liquidity provision.
Maker Taker fees are "distortive incentives that obscure actual bid/ask spreads by masking fees that ought to be represented in the bid/ask spread."
Maker Taker fees are "violations of anti-bribery laws used to payoff preferred participants."

Should co-locators be subject to "affirmative or negative obligations" in the same way that specialists/market makers who also had "location advantage" were?

The "trade at" rule proposal seems, at first glance, to be a reasonable protection for those market participants courageous enough to publicly display their trading intentions.

Why would a trade at rule not be appropriate?

General consensus suggests that equity markets have performed well over the past 18 months.

What do you see as key issues requiring regulatory action?

Is the regulation of Exchanges and ATS's properly balanced?

Some comment letters already submitted suggest that the minimum price improvement should be not less than .01 (except for low priced securities) - is this reasonable?

It has been suggested that the growth of non-public liquidity threatens the "public quote" - do you think this is accurate?

The Commission rather aggressively commits to "protecting" the long term investor - should there be regulatory discrimination included in this "protection"?

While we have a set of issues placed before us today - what might you speculate "tomorrow's" issues to include?

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