When trading online, you should be aware that during periods of high internet traffic, you might experience delays in accessing account data due to systems capacity limitations. Additionally, system response times may be adversely affected by increased market volatility conditions, quote delays, system performance; and other factors outside the control of Equity Trading Online, LLC, which may include your computer system and internet service provider. You may also experience system outages or delays as a result of, among other things, power failures, programming failures or heavy trading volume. During periods of increased volatility, you might suffer market losses in the price and share volume of a particular stock when systems problems result in an inability to place buy or sell orders. The risk of financial loss in trading online can be substantial; therefore, you should consider whether such trading is suitable for you in light of your circumstances and financial resources.

In the event system capacity problems prevent our automated routing systems from sending your order(s) to designated market centers for execution, we encourage you to contact our Trading Desk for manual handling of your orders.

During extreme market conditions, you might experience delays in order executions because market making firms will temporarily discontinue normal automatic order execution standards and switch to a manual order process, and/or reduce their size guarantees on individual stocks. You may also experience executions at prices significantly away from the market price quoted or displayed at the time an order was entered, less shares than desired, or losses. To potentially reduce your risk of receiving an execution away from the market, it is a good idea to use limit orders rather that market orders in a fast moving market.