Set a stop-loss or take-profit
Create one, arm it, and know what it does and does not do, since the exchange does not hold the stop for you.
What it is
A stop-loss sells a holding if its price falls to a level you set. A take-profit sells it when the price reaches a target. The exchange does not hold either for you, so Finmind watches your holding and places the sell order itself. Both are Premium tools, and Expert includes them.
Create and arm one
- Step 1: Open Stop-loss or Take-profit.Choose the brokerage account and the instrument.
- Step 2: Set the levels.Enter the trigger price (the target price for a take-profit) and the price at which it sells. You may also enter a minimum size to trigger: Finmind then acts only when at least that many shares trade at or below your stop (at or above your target for a take-profit), which avoids firing on a tiny print. The sell order is always for everything you can sell at that moment.
- Step 3: Create draft.It is saved as a draft and does nothing yet.
- Step 4: Arm it.Tick "I understand arming authorizes an automatic sell order" and choose the arm button: Arm stop-loss or Arm take-profit. While live trading is on, the button says that arming allows a real sell. A rule that can send a real order is marked as such.
The list shows the status of each rule, for example Draft: inert or Armed: watching, with the actions Arm, Disarm and Cancel.
What it does
Finmind checks an armed rule every 2 minutes during market hours, Monday to Friday, 9:30 to 16:00 Tashkent time. When a trade prints at or below your stop (at or above your target for a take-profit) with enough volume, Finmind places one plain limit sell order at your price for the quantity you can sell at that moment.
What it does not do
- It needs live trading to place a real sell. With Finmind's switch off, armed rules are not watched. With it on and yours off, a rule that triggers records a test sell, sends nothing, and is used up: see Dry run and live trading: the three switches.
- It acts only while the exchange is open, and never on a missing or zero price. Until a share trades that day, the broker quotes its previous close and the check uses that price.
- It fires at most once per rule.
- A limit sell fills at your price or better. If the market falls quickly past your price, the order can stay unfilled.
- When your plan ends, an armed rule pauses and stays armed. It sells nothing until the plan is back.
A stop-loss or take-profit that is already armed keeps running if your email address is unconfirmed and you cannot sign in. You cannot change or stop it until you confirm the address and sign in.
Source: the Finmind stop-loss and take-profit pages, read on 8 November 2026, and Finmind's email confirmation rules, read on 14 November 2026.