trading curb

noun

A financial regulatory instrument suspending trade after volatility swings, originally intended to prevent crashes in the stock market from occurring, by temporarily shutting down trading to allow accurate information to flow between parties, which will reflect in liquidity from the ensuing volatility auction.

Similar
circuit breakervolatility interruptionvolatility halttrading haltvolatility circuit breaker
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Meanings

nountrading curb (plural trading curbs)

plural trading curbs

  1. businessA financial regulatory instrument suspending trade after volatility swings, originally intended to prevent crashes in the stock market from occurring, by temporarily shutting down trading to allow accurate information to flow between parties, which will reflect in liquidity from the ensuing volatility auction.

    Synonyms: circuit breaker, volatility interruption, volatility halt, trading halt, volatility circuit breaker

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA financial regulatory instrument suspending trade after volatility swings, originally intended to prevent crashes in the stock market from occurring, by temporarily shutting down trading to allow accurate information to flow between parties, which will reflect in liquidity from the ensuing volatility auction.

Similar
circuit breakervolatility interruptionvolatility halttrading haltvolatility circuit breaker
Also see
circuit breakertrading haltvolatility circuit breakervolatility haltvolatility interruption

Translations

Arabic but see تَوْقِيف تَدَاوُل, إِيقَاف تَدَاوُل
  • but see تَوْقِيف تَدَاوُل (tawqīf tadāwul)Translations
  • إِيقَاف تَدَاوُل (ʔīqāf tadāwul)Translations
Chinese Mandarin 熔斷 /熔断
  • 熔斷 /熔断 (róngduàn)Translations
Finnish volatiliteetista johtuva kaupankäynnin keskeytys
  • volatiliteetista johtuva kaupankäynnin keskeytysTranslations
French coupe-circuits
  • coupe-circuitsTranslations
German Volatilitätsunterbrechung
  • VolatilitätsunterbrechungTranslations
Polish but see the hypernym przerwa w notowaniach
  • but see the hypernym przerwa w notowaniachTranslations
Russian but see the hypernym торго́вая па́уза, прерыва́ние торго́вли
  • but see the hypernym торго́вая па́уза (torgóvaja páuza)Translations
  • прерыва́ние торго́вли (preryvánije torgóvli)Translations
  • прерыва́тель торго́вли (preryvátelʹ torgóvli)Translations
Cite this entry
APA

trading curb. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trading%20curb

MLA

“trading curb.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trading%20curb. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trading curb,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trading%20curb.

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