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Stock Halt Scanner | Ticket Striker
A trading halt temporarily pauses transactions in a security. Ticket Striker uses the market-wide Nasdaq Trader halt feed as the authoritative source for equity halt and resumption status rather than inferring a halt from missing quotes.
Why stocks are halted
Halts can occur for pending news, regulatory review, volatility controls or operational reasons. The published halt code provides context, but it does not predict how the stock will trade when activity resumes.
Halt versus volatility pause
Limit Up-Limit Down pauses respond to rapid price movement, while news-pending and regulatory halts follow different processes. Duration and resumption mechanics vary by code and venue.
How Ticket Striker tracks halts
The scanner preserves verified rows from the authoritative market-wide feed and marks stale status instead of blanking the list or fabricating a resumption. Published resumption times are shown when the source provides them.
Reading a halt record
Review symbol, halt time, reason code, market and resumption fields. A quoted resumption time can change, and displayed prices may represent the last eligible trade before the pause.
Risk after resumption
Order imbalances and new information can produce sharp gaps and unstable spreads after trading resumes. Verify live market status and price with your broker before making any decision.
Frequently Asked Questions
What causes a volatility halt?
U.S. equity volatility pauses commonly occur when price moves outside applicable Limit Up-Limit Down bands during the trading day.
How long does a stock halt last?
It depends on the halt type and the information required. Some pauses are brief; regulatory or news halts can last longer.
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