How do stock halts work?

Curious about stock halts?


Whether or not you are able to indicate this level on your own trading platform will depend on the availability of that feature as well as market data you are subscribed to and what data is available.


For our simulator and most Sterling platforms you can see this quick guide on how to add it to your platform:




Volatility halts aren't the only kind of halts. Here's article that explains circuit breaker halts, including volatility pauses: https://www.warriortrading.com/circuit-breaker-halts/. This page here can also be helpful to bookmark if you'd like to review current halts or even search past halts that occurred on the market: https://www.nasdaqtrader.com/trader.aspx?id=TradeHalts


If you're a Warrior Pro student, check out the course syllabus for the most up-to-date lessons on halts! You can access the syllabus on this page here.

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