Trading Halts & SEC Suspensions - Halt Reasons & Resumptions

Know the moment a stock stops trading, why, and when it resumes. Every US exchange, plus SEC suspension orders.

Data	Nasdaq Trader halt list (every US exchange) and SEC trading suspension orders
Price	$2 per 1,000 halts, no subscription. Apify's free plan credit covers a first test.
Freshness	Updated every minute during market hours
Try it	The input is pre-filled with a working example: just click Start.

Example output

Ticker	Reason	Halted (ET)	Resumed
XYZ	T1: News pending	2026-10-09 10:02	No
ABC	LUDP: Volatility pause	2026-10-09 11:15	11:20

Illustrative rows; real runs return the full fields listed under Output.

Trading halts are some of the most market-moving events there are: news pending before an acquisition or FDA decision, volatility pauses on a squeeze, regulatory halts over missing filings, SEC suspensions over pump-and-dump concerns. This Actor reads Nasdaq Trader's official halt list (it covers securities on every US exchange, not only Nasdaq) and the SEC's trading suspension orders, and returns clean rows with the reason, the halt and resumption times, and whether trading has resumed.

What you can do with it

• 🚨 Halt alerts: schedule it every few minutes in monitor mode and get each new halt once, in Slack, Discord or a webhook.
• 📰 News trading: "news pending" halts (T1) usually come right before big announcements.
• 🔍 Risk screening: regulatory halts and SEC suspensions flag companies with filing or fraud problems.
• 📊 Volatility research: every LULD pause with its pause threshold price.

Halt types

Category	Reason codes	Meaning
news	T1, T2, T3, C3	news pending, released, resumption times
volatility	LUDP, LUDS, T5, T6, T7	limit up/limit down pauses and other single-stock pauses
regulatory	H4, H9, H10, H11, T12, …	non-compliance, not current in filings, SEC suspension, regulatory concern, information requested
circuit breaker	MWC0–MWC3, MWCQ	market-wide circuit breakers
ipo	IPO1, IPOQ, IPOE	IPOs not yet trading or released for quotation

How to use it

Everything halted today

{}

Alert on new regulatory halts and SEC suspensions (schedule every 15 minutes)

{ "categories": ["regulatory"], "onlyNew": true, "monitorName": "regulatory-halts" }

Your watchlist, last 10 trading days

{ "tickers": ["GME", "AMC", "CVNA"], "days": 14 }

Output

{
  "type": "halt",
  "ticker": "XYZ",
  "issueName": "XYZ Corp",
  "market": "NYSE",
  "reasonCode": "LUDP",
  "reason": "Volatility Trading Pause (LULD)",
  "category": "volatility",
  "haltDate": "2026-10-09",
  "haltTime": "11:15:00",
  "pauseThresholdPrice": "12.34",
  "resumptionDate": "2026-10-09",
  "resumptionQuoteTime": "11:15:00",
  "resumptionTradeTime": "11:20:00",
  "resumed": true
}

SEC suspensions come as type: "sec-suspension" rows with the company name, release number, date and a link to the order; ticker is filled when the company is in the SEC's ticker list. Times are US Eastern. The SUMMARY record counts halts by reason and lists everything still halted.

Use it from code or an AI agent

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("smartmoney-data/trading-halts-suspensions-monitor").call(run_input={})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

AI agents (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other MCP clients): connect the Apify MCP server with this Actor preloaded:

https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=smartmoney-data/trading-halts-suspensions-monitor

Add this URL as a remote MCP server or custom connector in your AI client, sign in with Apify (OAuth), then just ask, for example:

Which stocks were halted for pending news today?

Part of the SmartMoney Data suite: Insider Trades · Congress Trades · 8-K Material Events · Short Squeeze Radar · Smart Money Alerts · Smart Money Confluence

Pricing

Pay per result: you're charged for each halt or suspension returned. See the Pricing tab for current rates.

FAQ

Does it cover NYSE stocks? Yes. Nasdaq Trader publishes halts for securities listed on every US exchange, including NYSE and NYSE American.

How fresh is it? Nasdaq updates the list every minute during the trading day. For alerts, schedule it every 5–15 minutes with onlyNew: true.

Is this legal to use? Yes. Both sources are public: Nasdaq Trader's halt list and the SEC's trading suspension orders.

Support

Useful? A short review on this page helps other people find it, and we read every one.

Found a bug or need a feature? Open an issue on the Issues tab or email smartmoney-data@googlegroups.com.

Data is provided for informational purposes only and is not investment advice.