Nanex CEO Eric Hunsader was awarded $750,000 by the SEC today for alerting regulators of suspected irregularities surrounding 2010's flash crash. He joined the "Halftime Report" today to discuss the current state of the markets.

Trader disclosure: On March 1, 2016 the following stocks and commodities mentioned or intended to be mentioned on CNBC's "Halftime Report" were owned by the "Halftime Report" traders:

Pete Najarian: Long AAPL, BAC, BMY, DIS, DISCA, GE, KMI, KMI-A, KO,MRK, PEP, PFE, SAVE, VIAB. Long calls AAL, AMJ, BAC, BHP, DAL, F, FDX,GDX, GE, HAIN, HBAN, HYG, LC, MDLZ, MPZ, NRF, POT, RHT, SLV, SWN, UAL, USG, WMB, WYNN, ZIOP. Long puts DB, EWH, RIG, VLO

Stephanie Link: Long AAPL, ACE, AVGO, BAC, CCL,COST, CRM, CVX, DAL, DLPH, DOW, ESRX, GILD, GOOG, GOOGL, HON, JPM, LOW, LPX,LRCX, LULU, MCD, MGM, MS, PF, PG, PH, PM, PPG, PRU, QCOM, SBUX, SLB, SWK, SYF,TJX, UNH, V, WFC, WHR, WMT

Josh Brown: Long AAPL, BABA, DE, DNKN, JMBA,LOW, LNKD, SAM, SHAK, SPWR, TWTR, XLE, XON

Joe Terranova: Long VRTS