dhan control

Manage the kill switch and P&L-based exit. Live action on every mutating subcommand — all require --yes (and configure-pnl-exit supports --dry-run).

Commands

Subcommand	Dhan endpoint	Purpose	Flags
dhan control killswitch-status	GET killswitch	Show kill switch status.	—
dhan control killswitch --status <ACTIVATE|DEACTIVATE> --yes Live action	POST killswitch?killSwitchStatus=...	Manage kill switch for current day.	--status (req), --yes (req)
dhan control pnl-exit	GET pnlExit	Show current P&L-based exit configuration.	—
dhan control configure-pnl-exit --file <json> --yes Live action	POST pnlExit	Configure P&L-based exit.	--file (req), --yes (req), --dry-run
dhan control stop-pnl-exit --yes Live action	DELETE pnlExit	Stop P&L-based exit.	--yes (req)

Examples

dhan control killswitch-status --json --no-color
dhan control killswitch --status ACTIVATE --yes --json --no-color
dhan control killswitch --status DEACTIVATE --yes --json --no-color

dhan control pnl-exit --json --no-color
dhan control configure-pnl-exit --file pnl.json --dry-run --json --no-color
dhan control configure-pnl-exit --file pnl.json --yes --json --no-color
dhan control stop-pnl-exit --yes --json --no-color

See also

• Concepts › Live-trading guardrails
• dhan ip — killswitch / pnl-exit management may require static-IP whitelisting; check the Dhan docs for the current rule.