Not trying to sound like a smartass - I trade YM and could easily be in your position. I'm watching the situation and thinking about it out loud :-( I'm sure that NQ will do for a major move but for tracking ES is better.
I hedge ES with ~1.27 YM contracts for each ES. To hedge YM, take the inverse: ~0.79 ES contracts for each YM you had on. Good luck to all stuck in YM.
It must suck to be you hahahahah, watch a pro at work, some day I'll let you shine my shoes and I'll give you some tips.
<i>"these outages are disconcerting but can be dealt with ok."</i> with all due respect, while YM traders deal with these outages again today, ES traders are hittin' it short and long this afternoon. Why deal with exchange outages all the time?
mini meat: Can you please not litter this thread with your horse$hit unless it involves the reopening of eCBOT. I know that is asking alot.
But the YM futures should at least has some kind of relationship with dow30 index, isn't it? And what is ags?