Dhan F&O Risk Management — Auto Kill Switch for Dhan Traders

6 RISK RULES FOR
DHAN TRADERS

Max Daily Loss

Fire kill switch when F&O loss reaches your ₹ limit. Checked every 5 seconds via Dhan WebSocket + polling.

Profit Target

Lock in gains — auto-exit when daily profit hits your target. Prevent giving back a good morning.

Max Trades

Hard cap on order count per session. Stops overtrading spiral before it starts.

Time-Based Stop

Auto-exit at your set IST time daily — e.g., stop all trading at 1:00 PM if you want to avoid afternoon volatility.

Day-Based Stop

Skip trading on specific weekdays — e.g., no Thursday expiry trading unless it's a high-conviction setup.

Date-Based Stop

Block specific calendar dates — RBI policy days, budget, US Fed announcements — when you know you'll overtrade news.

HOW IT WORKS WITH
YOUR DHAN ACCOUNT

Register and connect Dhan

Create a TradeGuard account, select Dhan as your broker, and enter your Dhan Client ID and daily Access Token.

Configure your rules

Set daily loss limit, max trades, time/day/date rules based on your personal trading plan.

Start monitoring before market opens

Click Start Monitoring. TradeGuard begins watching your live P&L via Dhan WebSocket and polling simultaneously.

Kill switch fires automatically

If any rule is breached, TradeGuard fires the Dhan kill switch twice — double-fire ensures maximum reliability and squares off all positions.

Why double-fire for Dhan? TradeGuard fires the Dhan kill switch twice with a brief interval between fires. This maximises the chance of successful activation even under high-load market conditions, and provides the highest level of position protection.

YOUR DHAN ACCOUNT
NEEDS A KILL SWITCH

Free with Dhan · ₹999/mo for Zerodha, Upstox & Angel One Cancel anytime.

FAQ

Dhan does not have an automatic daily loss limit or kill switch for F&O positions. The Dhan app shows your P&L but does not automatically halt trading when a threshold is reached. TradeGuard fills this gap via the Dhan API.

TradeGuard uses Dhan's official API with your Client ID and daily Access Token. The token is entered once each morning before you start trading. TradeGuard monitors your portfolio P&L in real-time via WebSocket and polling, and uses the Dhan kill switch API endpoint when rules are breached.

Double-fire is TradeGuard's reliability mechanism for Dhan. A single kill switch call can occasionally fail under high market load. By firing twice with a short interval, we ensure the position is squared off even if the first call fails. This is not used for Upstox, Zerodha and Angel One where double-fire would create reverse positions.

DHAN F&ORISK MANAGEMENT

6 RISK RULES FORDHAN TRADERS