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by lrajlich 2348 days ago
It’s to prevent flash crashes. If you don’t like the rules of the exchange you can always trade your securities elsewhere (eg otc)
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To be clear, you as the shareowner can't legally do this. The company took the decision to be publicly listed in the US, and one of the consequences of that is that shareholders can only buy and sell their stock in accordance with the rules of the exchanges and the SEC. It's not normally a big downside: trading halts are rare and short.