Source: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/sec

# SEC
URL: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/sec
Last modified: 2026-10-17

The SEC is the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the referee Congress built after [1929 exposed how little buyers knew](https://mochatrade.com/learn/us-market-structure/us-stock-market-explained). It can [halt a stock, sue a company, force a restatement, and approve or block a product](https://mochatrade.com/learn/us-market-structure/who-moves-us-stocks), and every filing on its EDGAR site is [free to read the second it lands](https://mochatrade.com/learn/start-here/how-to-read-us-market-news).

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- Cboe: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/cboe
- CME Group: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/cme-group
- FINRA: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/finra
- NASDAQ: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/nasdaq
- 13F filing: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/13f-filing
- 10-K and 10-Q: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/10-k-and-10-q