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To: E_K_S who wrote (58397)	11/7/2016 12:32:10 PM
From: Graham Osborn	Respond to of 78714

Thanks EKS. I haven't given nearly enough thought to the solvency/ resiliency of my brokerage accounts (currently I use Scottrade, TD Ameritrade, and IB) in the event of a real liquidity crunch. Theoretically, my portfolio should be OK even if everything goes to zero because my longs about balance my shorts - so I should never have to urgently buy or sell anything. Nonetheless I wonder how these assumptions would play out in practice (e.g. availability of stock to cover, ability to close derivative contracts). Much of what I have done was done to avoid losses or profit from a crash, but if the brokerages go down with the ship so am I.