What does halt code T1 mean? News Pending
The company has told the exchange that material news is coming, and trading is stopped until the market has had a chance to read it.
How long a T1 halt actually lasts
Measured from our own halt feed across 110 T1 halts that published a resume time, 2026-07-20 to 2026-08-21. The median is used rather than the average because halt lengths are heavily skewed, and a handful of long ones would drag a mean somewhere no individual halt has ever been.
What triggers it
A pending announcement significant enough that trading before its release would be unfair. Buyouts, trial results, restatements, major contracts.
What happens next
This is the slow one. The stock stays halted until the news is out and the exchange is satisfied the market has digested it, which frequently means the halt runs past the closing bell and into the next session.
Recent T1 halts
| Stock | Date | Halted for | Day move |
|---|---|---|---|
| GAME | 2026-08-21 | still halted or no resume published | +0.00% |
| BIAFW | 2026-08-21 | still halted or no resume published | +0.00% |
| GRMLW | 2026-08-21 | still halted or no resume published | +0.00% |
| VCIG | 2026-08-21 | still halted or no resume published | +0.00% |
| GRML | 2026-08-21 | still halted or no resume published | +0.00% |
| BIAF | 2026-08-21 | still halted or no resume published | +0.00% |
| INCR | 2026-08-21 | still halted or no resume published | +0.00% |
| SKYE | 2026-08-21 | still halted or no resume published | +0.00% |
| VMAR | 2026-08-21 | 34 min | +0.00% |
| MI | 2026-08-21 | 73 min | +0.00% |
| HOWL | 2026-08-21 | 24 min | +0.00% |
| SCNI | 2026-08-20 | 13 h 10 min | +0.00% |
T1 halts: common questions
- What does halt code T1 mean?
- The company has told the exchange that material news is coming, and trading is stopped until the market has had a chance to read it. On the halt feed it shows as "News Pending".
- How long does a T1 halt last?
- Across 110 T1 halts where we captured a resume time, the median was 13 h 10 min, and nine out of ten resumed within 2.5 days. That is measured from our own halt feed, not an estimate. Individual halts vary and the exchange sets the actual resume time.
- What triggers halt code T1?
- A pending announcement significant enough that trading before its release would be unfair. Buyouts, trial results, restatements, major contracts.
- What happens when the T1 halt lifts?
- This is the slow one. The stock stays halted until the news is out and the exchange is satisfied the market has digested it, which frequently means the halt runs past the closing bell and into the next session.
- Can I trade a stock while it is halted?
- No. A halt stops trading on every US exchange at once, so no orders execute until the stock reopens. Orders can still be placed and cancelled, and the reopening auction can print well away from the last traded price.