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Trading halt

When trading of a stock, bond, option or futures contract is stopped by an exchange while news is being broadcast about the security. See: Suspended trading.



Trading halt

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Further Suggestions

Trading bloc
COLT (Continuous on line trading system)
Proprietary trading
Trading
unit of trading
Intermarket Trading System (ITS)
Full trading authorization
Insider Trading Sanctions Act of 1984
last trading day
Trading authorization
programme trading
day trading
Prearranged trading
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
Trading arrangement
Trading pattern
Trading desk (dealing desk)
Insider Trading & Securities Fraud Enforcement Act of 1988 (ITSFEA)
Commodity Trading Advisor
trading unit
State trading enterprise
Trading unit
Trading posts
Trading symbol
Suspended trading


 
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