trading limit

trading limit definition - finance
The maximum daily price movements for stocks, futures contracts, or other securities that are allowed by an exchange. When trading limits are reached, there is a trading halt.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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