Hi all, lets say you trade the FDAX pretty short term, intraday. With some size, 10-30 cars per trade. Eurex has been down sometimes in the past, this could happen again. Or your broker/FCM could have problems, or the datafeed.... so for many reasons, there is some risk that you are stuck in position of 30 FDAX and cannot get out through your platform. I had an emergency account, so in case I cannot get out of my FDAX position for whatever reason, I would hedge those FDAX through my emergency account, for example if I was long 30 FDAX and I cannot get out, I would go short 150 Emini in the emergency account and close both positions once both accounts/ platforms are available again. Problem with this solution is, you have LOTS of unused cash for margin on the emergency account most of the time. Because account 1 is with FCM A, and the emergency account is with FCM B, they are independent of each other and full margin applies for both positions. On the other side the accounts should still be with 2 different FCMs, because if FCM A is down, it wont help me to have an emergency account with FCM A... I wont be able to hedge my open position. Would be nice if there is some better solution for this... looking forward to input from you guys Have a nice weekend, CALLumbus