price limit


The highest and lowest prices that a commodity or option is permitted to reach in a given trading session. Once reached, no trading occurs on that commodity or option until the following session. also called fluctuation limit or daily trading limit.

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The price limit could not be exceeded and if it was then things would probably turn sour for everyone in the company.


The price limit was reached so the remaining trades would have to be conducted during the following business day only.


The prices of oranges jumped up to the Price Limit. this stopped trading for the day and made some people millionaires and others very broke.


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