Eli5: Why do they halt trading for volatile stocks?

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Why not just let them drop to zero? Doesn’t this interfere with the market?

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Lots of good answers here, but the only time this has impacted me is when i was unable to sell while the price was high – so I think there is more to this answer than keeping society safe from panic.

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