Halted

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The Halted tick type indicates if a contract has been halted for trading. It can have the following values:

ValueDescription
-1Halted status not available. Usually returned with frozen data.
0Not halted. This value will only be returned if the contract is in a TWS watchlist.
1General halt. Trading halt is imposed for purely regulatory reasons with/without volatility halt.
2Volatility halt. Trading halt is imposed by the exchange to protect against extreme volatility.