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Imbalance of orders

A situation in which Buy orders for a particular security greatly outnumber Sell orders, or vice-versa. This may result in a temporary Trading halt for that security, in Order to prevent massive price swings. Imbalances of orders are usually caused by significant news announcements affecting the Issuer of the security. also called Order imbalance.

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