I finally have a trading screen up (for the moment), at 8:08am PST. I have missed the ES open obviously and frankly, I hesitate to make a trade today, thinking that I might get stranded again and be unable to get out. I went over to IB's website and filled out their pre-account information, and will finish the process. I should have had a backup account in place from the beginning I guess. As soon as I can get through, I intend to move most of my account capital out, period. steve46