US equity markets were lower heading into the open but have been panic-bid since the cash markets opened... which happens to have coincided with E*Trade's online trading platform being down for its millions of retail traders... Buy The Fucking Government Shutdown... But not for E*Trade accounts: We are currently experiencing technical issues, and working to resolve them as quickly as possible. We apologize for the inconvenience.— E*TRADE (@etrade) https://twitter.com/etrade/status/955458054618865671?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); We are aware of the issue and working to resolve it as soon as possible. You can also try clearing the cache for your browser or use another browser to access the website. — E*TRADE (@etrade) https://twitter.com/etrade/status/955457640263450625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); We apologize for the inconvenience and we're working to get you back on the way to your yacht as quickly as possible. — E*TRADE (@etrade) https://twitter.com/etrade/status/955460170326380544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");