Phrase guide

trading curb

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, finance

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Meaning relationships

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

Antonyms: none provided

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Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: but see تَوْقِيف تَدَاوُل (tawqīf tadāwul) — Translations
  • Arabic: إِيقَاف تَدَاوُل (ʔīqāf tadāwul) — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 熔斷 /熔断 (róngduàn) — Translations
  • Finnish: volatiliteetista johtuva kaupankäynnin keskeytys — Translations
  • French: coupe-circuits — Translations
  • German: Volatilitätsunterbrechung — Translations
  • Polish: but see the hypernym przerwa w notowaniach — Translations
  • Russian: but see the hypernym торго́вая па́уза (torgóvaja páuza) — Translations
  • Russian: прерыва́ние торго́вли (preryvánije torgóvli) — Translations
  • Russian: прерыва́тель торго́вли (preryvátelʹ torgóvli) — Translations
  • Serbo-Croatian: but see the hypernym prekid trgovanja — Translations