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trading halt

trading halt. A temporary suspension of trading in a particular security for a specific reason, such as an order imbalance or a pending news announcement. • Options can be exercised during a trading halt, and open orders may be canceled. — Also termed suspended trading. Cf. TRADING CURB.

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insider trading

The use of material, nonpublic information in trading the shares of a company by a corporate insider or other person who owes a fiduciary duty to the company. • This is the classic definition. The Supreme Court has also approved a broader definition, known as the “misappropriation theory”: the deceitful acquisition and misuse of information

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