Whether you're a passive or active trader, its important to remember when stock prices and stock futures fall rapidly in a ...

So-called “circuit breakers” are actions taken by exchanges in order to “prevent large, sudden price moves,” according to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). As markets ...

When stock prices and stock futures fall rapidly in a single session, exchanges implement halts in trading to avoid market ...

Circuit breakers, or trading curbs, were first instituted for U.S. markets after the Black Monday crash of 1987, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 22 percent in a single day.

The stock market exchanges have a mechanism in place to cease trading if market prices fall sharply enough to drain market ...

Stocks were falling sharply again on Friday. Watch this level for a circuit-breaker to be triggered. - Getty Images/iStockphoto The market sell-off tied to President Trump’s “reciprocal ...

Meanwhile, beyond the market-wide circuit breakers in place, there are also single stock circuit breakers. The single stock circuit breakers, or Limit Up-Limit Down (LULD) prevent extreme price ...