Risk limits

Your overall daily loss limit and exposure cap for automated strategies.

Your overall risk limits #

GET /v2/strategies/risk-limits scope read

Your limits across every automated strategy and account: the daily loss at which no new trades start (realised plus open, across strategies), the open exposure at which no new trades start, and whether a breached daily loss also closes open trades.

More about this

today is today's P&L of every automated strategy (no charges). Off unless OMS_AUTO_PORTFOLIO_RISK is on.

Errors

HTTP	Code	When
401	unauthorized	No credential, or the credential is invalid, expired or revoked.
403	forbidden	The credential may not use this route (missing scope, app-session-only route, IP not allowed).
429	rate_limited	Too many requests for this credential (or too many failed attempts); retry after the `Retry-After` header (seconds; `error.retry_after_ms` has the exact wait).
503	service_unavailable	A dependency is temporarily unavailable, or the feature is off on this server; retry later.

All fields (request and response schema)

Loading fields…

GET

curl "https://api.cirrus.trade/v2/strategies/risk-limits" \
  -H "Authorization: token $CIRRUS_API_KEY"

import os

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.cirrus.trade/v2/strategies/risk-limits",
    headers={
        "Authorization": f"token {os.environ['CIRRUS_API_KEY']}",
    },
    timeout=10,
)
print(response.status_code, response.json())

const response = await fetch('https://api.cirrus.trade/v2/strategies/risk-limits', {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    Authorization: `token ${process.env.CIRRUS_API_KEY}`,
  },
});
const body = await response.json();
console.log(response.status, body);

Response · 200

{
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "max_daily_loss": 15000,
    "max_open_exposure": null,
    "close_on_breach": true,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-22T15:22:21.171Z",
    "today": {
      "trading_day": "2026-10-22",
      "pnl": 0,
      "ltp_stale": false,
      "daily_loss_reached": false
    }
  },
  "error": null
}

Set your overall risk limits #

PUT /v2/strategies/risk-limits scope strategies

Sets your limits across every automated strategy.

More about this

Fields left out keep their value; null removes a limit. Amounts are rupees, positive, at most ₹100 crore. close_on_breach (off by default) also closes every open trade when the daily loss limit is reached, and needs max_daily_loss. The engine applies a change within about 30 seconds; while it can't read your limits, or today's P&L isn't known, new trades wait (open trades keep every exit). Needs the strategies_live scope. Takes an optional Idempotency-Key.

Parameters

Idempotency-Key header · string

Optional: a new UUID per request (1-128 printable characters). A repeat with the same key gets the first answer back instead of acting again.

Body fields

max_daily_loss number (double) | null

Today's loss across every strategy (₹, realised plus open) at which no new trades start. null removes it; left out keeps it.
max_open_exposure number (double) | null

Open exposure across every strategy (₹) at which no new trades start: per trade, the most it can lose where that is bounded (spreads, bought options), else the broker's margin, else the entry value. null removes it; left out keeps it.
close_on_breach boolean | null

Also close every open trade of your strategies when the daily loss limit is reached (off by default; needs max_daily_loss). Left out keeps it.

Errors

HTTP	Code	When
401	unauthorized	No credential, or the credential is invalid, expired or revoked.
403	forbidden	The credential may not use this route (missing scope, app-session-only route, IP not allowed).
403	live_not_enabled	Live deployments need the `strategies_live` scope and a broker open for live automated strategies.
422	invalid_request	The request is well-formed but not valid; `field` names the input.
429	rate_limited	Too many requests for this credential (or too many failed attempts); retry after the `Retry-After` header (seconds; `error.retry_after_ms` has the exact wait).
503	service_unavailable	A dependency is temporarily unavailable, or the feature is off on this server; retry later.

All fields (request and response schema)

Loading fields…

PUT

curl -X PUT "https://api.cirrus.trade/v2/strategies/risk-limits" \
  -H "Authorization: token $CIRRUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "max_daily_loss": 15000,
    "max_open_exposure": 300000,
    "close_on_breach": true
  }'

import os

import requests

response = requests.put(
    "https://api.cirrus.trade/v2/strategies/risk-limits",
    headers={
        "Authorization": f"token {os.environ['CIRRUS_API_KEY']}",
    },
    json={
        "max_daily_loss": 15000,
        "max_open_exposure": 300000,
        "close_on_breach": True,
    },
    timeout=10,
)
print(response.status_code, response.json())

const response = await fetch('https://api.cirrus.trade/v2/strategies/risk-limits', {
  method: 'PUT',
  headers: {
    Authorization: `token ${process.env.CIRRUS_API_KEY}`,
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "max_daily_loss": 15000,
    "max_open_exposure": 300000,
    "close_on_breach": true
  }),
});
const body = await response.json();
console.log(response.status, body);

Response · 200

{
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "max_daily_loss": 15000,
    "max_open_exposure": 300000,
    "close_on_breach": true,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-22T15:22:21.147Z"
  },
  "error": null
}