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Topic: circuit-breaker

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Tuesday, 7/7, 04:37 AM

What Is a Stock-Market Circuit Breaker?

  • A circuit breaker is an automatic trading halt that kicks in when a market or a single stock falls by a set percentage.
  • It is designed to stop panic-selling and let information catch up.
  • Here is how the rules work, where they came from, and whether they actually help.

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