Trading Halt Statistics
How often trading is halted or paused in stocks and other securities listed on US exchanges, which halt codes the exchanges use, how long the pauses last and which securities are halted most. Each statistic below is a complete sentence you can quote, with a link to that statistic.
Halts recorded from July 2, 2026 through November 3, 2026. Data as of November 3, 2026. Recalculated daily. See the methodology. For stocks halted right now, see the trading halt scanner.
Key statistics for October 2026
In October 2026, Signal8 recorded 1,246 trading halts and pauses in 386 securities on US exchanges.
Link to this statisticIn October 2026, 89.8% of the trading halts Signal8 recorded (1,119 of 1,246) were Limit Up-Limit Down volatility pauses.
Link to this statisticIn October 2026, Signal8 recorded 122 news-related trading halts (codes T1, T2 and T3) and three regulatory halts.
Link to this statisticIn October 2026, 91.0% of trading halts (1,134 of 1,246) began during regular trading hours, 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET.
Link to this statisticSignal8 recorded 1,246 trading halts in October 2026, compared with 1,085 in September 2026, a change of +14.8%.
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November 2026 so far
In November 2026 through November 3, 2026, Signal8 recorded 119 trading halts and pauses in 63 securities on US exchanges.
Link to this statisticIn November 2026 through November 3, 2026, 88.2% of the trading halts Signal8 recorded (105 of 119) were Limit Up-Limit Down volatility pauses.
Link to this statisticIn November 2026 through November 3, 2026, Signal8 recorded 13 news-related trading halts (codes T1, T2 and T3) and one regulatory halt.
Link to this statisticIn November 2026 through November 3, 2026, 89.1% of trading halts (106 of 119) began during regular trading hours, 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET.
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Since records began
From July 2, 2026 through November 3, 2026, the median Limit Up-Limit Down volatility pause Signal8 recorded lasted five minutes, measured over 4,553 pauses.
Link to this statisticFrom July 2, 2026 through November 3, 2026, the median news-related trading halt that began during regular trading hours lasted 40 minutes before trading resumed, measured over 53 halts.
Link to this statisticThe most trading halts Signal8 recorded on a single day from July 2, 2026 through November 3, 2026 was 119, on September 16, 2026.
Link to this statisticIn the 30 days to November 3, 2026, WFF had more trading halts than any other security in Signal8's dataset: 72, of which 71 were volatility pauses.
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Trading halts on US exchanges, by month
Trading halts and volatility pauses in US-listed securities recorded by Signal8 from the Nasdaq Trader halt feed.
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Month by month
| Month | Halts | Securities | Volatility pauses | News | Regulatory | Other | In regular hours | Median pause |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026 (so far) | 119 | 63 | 105 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 89.1% | five minutes |
| October 2026 | 1,246 | 386 | 1,119 | 122 | 3 | 2 | 91.0% | five minutes |
| September 2026 | 1,085 | 365 | 973 | 108 | 3 | 1 | 91.0% | five minutes |
| August 2026 | 1,379 | 417 | 1,253 | 125 | 1 | 0 | 91.9% | five minutes |
| July 2026 (from July 2, 2026) | 1,203 | 352 | 1,103 | 98 | 2 | 0 | 93.1% | five minutes |
Halts by halt code
All halts recorded since July 2, 2026. Nasdaq replaces a news halt's code when quoting resumes (T1 becomes T3), and the original code has been recorded since September 2026, so earlier news halts appear under their later code. The news total is not affected.
| Code | Meaning (as published by Nasdaq) | Group | Halts | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUDP | Volatility trading pause (Limit Up-Limit Down) | Volatility pause | 3,769 | 74.9% |
| M | Volatility trading pause (Limit Up-Limit Down) | Volatility pause | 784 | 15.6% |
| T3 | News and resumption times | News | 288 | 5.7% |
| T1 | News pending | News | 178 | 3.5% |
| H11 | Regulatory concern | Regulatory | 8 | 0.2% |
| T12 | Additional information requested by NASDAQ | Regulatory | 2 | 0.0% |
| T8 | ETF component prices not available | Other | 2 | 0.0% |
| T1/T12 | Not decoded | Other | 1 | 0.0% |
Halts by listing market
| Listing market | Halts | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Nasdaq | 4,165 | 82.8% |
| Other markets (feed label "Non NASDAQ") | 355 | 7.1% |
| NYSE American | 315 | 6.3% |
| NYSE | 136 | 2.7% |
| NYSE Arca | 57 | 1.1% |
| TXSE | 3 | 0.1% |
| BX Venture | 1 | 0.0% |
Most-halted securities, last 30 days
| Symbol | Listing market | Halts | Of which volatility pauses |
|---|---|---|---|
| WFF | Nasdaq | 72 | 71 |
| FVNNU | Nasdaq | 42 | 42 |
| POM | Nasdaq | 25 | 24 |
| AIOK | Nasdaq | 24 | 23 |
| ALISU | Nasdaq | 23 | 23 |
| RIBBU | Nasdaq | 23 | 23 |
| RIBB | Nasdaq | 21 | 21 |
| BKHA | Nasdaq | 17 | 17 |
| MI | NYSE American | 17 | 14 |
| WZRD | Other markets (feed label "Non NASDAQ") | 17 | 17 |
Most-halted securities, last 90 days
| Symbol | Listing market | Halts | Of which volatility pauses |
|---|---|---|---|
| WFF | Nasdaq | 93 | 92 |
| FVNNU | Nasdaq | 74 | 74 |
| DAIC | Nasdaq | 53 | 53 |
| RETO | Nasdaq | 48 | 46 |
| BENF | Nasdaq | 46 | 46 |
| WZRD | Other markets (feed label "Non NASDAQ") | 44 | 44 |
| WYHG | Nasdaq | 41 | 41 |
| PLAG | NYSE American | 37 | 37 |
| RIBBU | Nasdaq | 37 | 37 |
| RFAI | Nasdaq | 36 | 36 |
Methodology
Source. The Nasdaq Trader trade halt feed, which lists trading halts in securities on every US listing market, including Nasdaq, NYSE, NYSE American and NYSE Arca. Signal8 reads the feed every few minutes and keeps every halt it lists. Records begin on July 2, 2026; earlier halts are not included, and the first month is counted from that date.
One halt. One security halted at one time. A security halted several times in a day counts once per halt. Securities include common stocks, ETFs, warrants and other listed securities, not only companies.
Groups. Volatility pauses are Limit Up-Limit Down pauses (codes LUDP, LUDS and M, plus T5). News-related halts are codes T1 (news pending), T2 (news released) and T3 (news and resumption times). Regulatory halts are codes T12, H4, H9, H10 and H11. Every other code is counted as other. Code D, which Nasdaq uses when it deletes a security from its system, is not counted as a halt.
Month and hours. The month is the US Eastern calendar month in which the halt began. Regular trading hours are 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET on weekdays. The current month is month to date.
Duration. The time from the start of a halt to the last trade resumption time the feed published for it. A halt with no published resumption time is left out of the median. The feed updates the resumption time when a halt is extended, and the time a security actually reopens can differ from it. News-related halts are measured only when they began during regular trading hours, because a halt that begins after the close continues overnight. Over the whole period that is 53 halts, so that median rests on a small base.
Most-halted securities. Halts per symbol over the 30 and 90 days before the date the page was calculated. Ties are listed alphabetically.
Not included. The reason behind a halt beyond the code the exchange published, and stock price moves around halts, are not reported.
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