This quick drop left some traders wondering if we’d see a built-in stock market feature for especially volatile trading days — a circuit breaker. Circuit breakers temporarily halt trading ...

As a protection against theft during construction, circuit breakers typically go into homes that are almost finished and have locks or other forms of security already in place, Gor said.

So-called “circuit breakers” are actions taken by exchanges in order to “prevent large, sudden price moves,” according to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). As markets ...

Stocks were falling sharply again on Friday. Watch this level for a circuit-breaker to be triggered. - Getty Images/iStockphoto The market sell-off tied to President Trump’s “reciprocal ...

Health Secretary Sajid Javid says there are "no guarantees" when it comes to ruling out new restrictions or another circuit breaker before Christmas. But what exactly is a circuit breaker in Covid ...

An electronic board displays the Nikkei Stock Average in Tokyo on Monday. (Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images) Japan’s exchange operator briefly called a halt to trading in Nikkei stock futures on ...