How to know your broker is going broke?

Greetings all,

how do I know if/when my broker is going broke? I mean, I keep piling profits with him, taking out some, keeping the base, compounding.... But then what do I need to look at to be aware of the risk that financial crisis might severely affect my broker, causing him to shut down?

thanks

if they send you a letter saying you can only close positions, then you know they are going broke,, if not, watch their Net Cap and any enforcement actions against them by the NFA... not science, but better than nothing.

Thnx a lot. Just hope NFA is fast enough in monitoring this kinda stuff. I used them to select my broker (looked up firms and any legal actions against them) but didnt monitor how fast are they in regard to minimum net capital supervision and posting of legal stuff against any near-broke entities.