{"id":2710,"date":"2025-12-17T19:03:43","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T11:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/?p=2710"},"modified":"2025-12-17T18:03:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T10:03:51","slug":"investing-in-indonesia-just-got-safer-new-stock-exchange-rules-to-prevent-market-manipulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/investing-in-indonesia-just-got-safer-new-stock-exchange-rules-to-prevent-market-manipulation\/","title":{"rendered":"Investing in Indonesia Just Got Safer: New Stock Exchange Rules to Prevent Market Manipulation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

JAKARTA<\/strong> \u2014 In a significant move to bolster market integrity, the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) has implemented a new trading rule aimed at curbing price manipulation and increasing transparency for all investors. The “Non-Cancellation Period,” which began this week, represents a direct effort to clean up trading practices and foster a fairer investment environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rule specifically prohibits investors from canceling existing buy or sell orders during two critical daily windows: the 30-minute Pre-Opening Session (9:00-9:30 AM) and the 20-minute Pre-Closing Session (3:40-4:00 PM). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While new orders can still be placed during these times, the inability to retract existing ones is designed to prevent a deceptive practice known as “spoofing,” where large fake orders are placed to artificially influence a stock’s perceived price and then canceled before execution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We are not using the terminology of ‘fried stocks’ (saham gorengan),”<\/strong> clarified Jeffrey Hendrik, Director of Development at the IDX, in a statement to reporters. “But from our analysis, this can certainly dampen efforts by certain parties to manipulate price formation during the pre-opening.”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Initial data suggests the market is responding positively to the increased certainty. On the first day of implementation, December 15, trading value in the pre-opening session surged to IDR 450 billion (approximately USD 28 million) with 67,000 transactions. This represents a 35% increase in value and a 48% jump in transaction frequency compared to the previous week’s averages, indicating enhanced investor participation and confidence in the price discovery process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why This Matters for Bali’s International Community<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n
\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

For global investors, expatriates, and business professionals with interests in Indonesia’s economy, this regulatory tightening is a critical development. It signals a maturation of the country’s financial markets and a commitment to international standards of governance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A transparent and well-regulated stock market reduces hidden risks for foreign direct investment (FDI), which forms the backbone of large-scale projects in sectors like tourism, real estate, and infrastructure\u2014all vital to Bali’s economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The response from investors we have captured internally has been quite positive for the implementation of the Non-Cancellation Period,” Jeffrey Hendrik noted, emphasizing that the rule is designed to enhance the “quality, transparency, and integrity of price formation.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rule is part of the broader implementation of IDX Regulation Number II-A on Equity Securities Trading, which came into effect in April 2025. For the international community, it serves as a tangible example of Indonesian authorities proactively de-risking the financial landscape, making strategic, long-term investment in the archipelago\u2014whether in a Jakarta-listed company or a Bali-based enterprise\u2014a more secure and predictable proposition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hey Bali News delivers clear, contextual reporting on national economic and regulatory developments that impact the investment and business landscape for Bali\u2019s international community.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

JAKARTA \u2014 In a significant move to bolster market integrity, the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) has implemented a new trading rule aimed at curbing price manipulation and increasing transparency for all investors. The “Non-Cancellation Period,” which began this week, represents a direct effort to clean up trading practices and foster a fairer investment environment. The rule […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":[],"jnews_food_recipe":[],"enable_food_recipe":"","food_recipe_title":"","food_recipe_description":"","food_recipe_serve":"","food_recipe_time":"","food_recipe_prep":"","food_recipe_level":"","food_recipe_keywords":"","food_recipe_category":"","food_recipe_cuisine":"","food_recipe_yield":"","food_recipe_calories":"","enable_print_recipe":"","ingredient":[],"instruction":"","jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_review":[],"enable_review":"","type":"","name":"","summary":"","brand":"","sku":"","good":[],"bad":[],"score_override":"","override_value":"","rating":[],"price":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"jnews_post_split":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[86,51,295,76],"tags":[106,146,352,77,54,468],"class_list":["post-2710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-investment","category-bali-update","category-investment-economy","category-national","tag-bali-expat","tag-bali-life","tag-business-investment","tag-indonesia","tag-news","tag-stock-exchange"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}