Dhan's own platform has no automatic daily loss limit or trade count cap. TradeGuard adds that layer — monitoring your Dhan F&O account every 5 seconds and firing the kill switch before a bad morning becomes a catastrophic day.
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
1
Register and connect Dhan
Create a TradeGuard account, select Dhan as your broker, and enter your Dhan Client ID and daily Access Token.
2
Configure your rules
Set daily loss limit, max trades, time/day/date rules based on your personal trading plan.
3
Start monitoring before market opens
Click Start Monitoring. TradeGuard begins watching your live P&L via Dhan WebSocket and polling simultaneously.
4
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.
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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 and Zerodha where double-fire would create reverse positions.