Single stock circuit breakers

U.S. stock exchange that lists a stock is required to issue a trading “pause” in a stock if the stock price moves up or down by 10% or more in a five-minute period. The same pause will be in effect on all other U.S. stock and stock option markets, and the single-stock futures market, resulting in a uniform halt. After five minutes, the exchange that issued the pause may extend it if there are still significant imbalances between orders to buy and sell shares of the affected stock. After a ten-minute pause, other exchanges are free to resume trading in the stock and once that occurs, trading may resume in the over-the-counter markets.


To avoid potential disruption to market openings and closings (which already have special procedures designed to maintain fair and orderly markets), the individual stock circuit-breakers are in effect from 9:45 a.m. Eastern Time until 3:35 p.m. Eastern Time. They do not apply to after-hours trading. On days when the markets close early, the individual stock circuit breakers are in effect until 25 minutes before the close of the markets, for example, until 1:35 p.m. if the markets are closing at 2:00 p.m.

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