How-to GTT order modify GTT Good Till Triggered Kite Zerodha

How to modify a GTT on Kite

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Key facts

Where to modify	Orders, then GTT, then tap or click the instrument and choose Modify
What you can change	Trigger price, limit price, quantity, and the Single or OCO leg values
What you cannot change	The exchange; to switch NSE and BSE you delete the GTT and create a fresh one
When you can modify	Only while the GTT is Active; a triggered GTT cannot be modified
Re-confirmation	Kite shows the revised summary and you slide Modify GTT or click Modify to save

Procedure

Open Orders, then GTTOn the app tap Orders, then the GTT sub-tab. On web open Orders and select GTT. The list shows every GTT with its status.
Open the GTT you want to changeTap or click the instrument whose GTT you want to edit. Only GTTs with status Active can be modified.
Tap or click ModifyChoose Modify to open the GTT in its edit window with the existing trigger, limit and quantity pre-filled.
Edit the fields you want to changeAdjust the trigger price, limit price or quantity. On an OCO, edit the upper or lower leg as needed. Keep the buy limit above the trigger and the sell limit below it.
Review the revised summaryCheck the updated trigger conditions, limit prices and quantity in the summary that Kite shows before saving.
Re-confirm the modificationSlide Modify GTT on the app or click Modify on web. The GTT updates in place and stays Active with its new values.

You modify an existing GTT (Good Till Triggered) order on Kite from the Orders screen, GTT sub-tab, by opening the instrument and choosing Modify, then changing the trigger price, limit price or quantity and re-confirming. A modification edits the standing instruction in place; it does not create a second GTT and does not reset the order’s one-year validity. Only an Active GTT can be modified, and one field, the exchange, cannot be changed at all; to switch a GTT between NSE and BSE you delete it and place a fresh one.

This guide covers the modify flow on both the Kite app and Kite web, what each field does, the re-confirmation step, and the limits on what a modification can touch. The GTT reference article explains the product; how to place a GTT order on Kite covers creation. This guide is the editing companion.

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When a GTT can be modified

A GTT is editable only while its status is Active, meaning the trigger has not yet fired. Once the last traded price reaches the trigger, the GTT moves to Triggered and the standing instruction is spent; at that point there is nothing to edit because the order has already gone to the exchange. So a modification is a pre-trigger action. If the GTT has already fired but did not fill, you do not modify it; you place a new GTT, since a triggered GTT does not retry.

What you can and cannot change

You can change the trigger price, the limit price and the quantity, and on an OCO you can edit the upper leg, the lower leg or both. You cannot change the exchange on which the GTT sits. The exchange, NSE or BSE, is fixed when you create the GTT. To move the standing order to the other exchange you delete the existing GTT and create a fresh one there; see how to delete a GTT on Kite . The transaction side and the underlying instrument are likewise set at creation; a modification adjusts the price and size of the existing instruction, not its identity.

Step-by-step procedure

The numbered box above gives the sequence for both surfaces. The detail below expands each step.

1. Open Orders, then GTT

On the app, tap Orders in the bottom navigation, then the GTT sub-tab. On web, open Orders from the left navigation and select the GTT tab. The list shows every GTT with its status: Active, Triggered, Executed, Cancelled or Expired. Modifications act only on the Active ones.

2. Open the GTT you want to change

Tap or click the instrument whose GTT you want to edit. The GTT detail opens, showing the current trigger conditions, limit prices and quantity. Confirm the status reads Active before you go further.

3. Tap or click Modify

Choose Modify. Kite opens the GTT in an edit window with the existing values pre-filled, so you change only what you need rather than re-entering the whole order.

4. Edit the fields you want to change

Adjust the trigger price to move the level at which the GTT fires, the limit price to change the worst price the released order will accept, or the quantity to resize it. On a single GTT there is one set of fields. On an OCO there are two: edit the upper trigger and limit, the lower trigger and limit, or both. Keep the price logic intact: for a buy, the limit sits above the trigger; for a sell, below it. A wider gap between trigger and limit on the executable side raises the chance the released order fills through a price gap.

5. Review the revised summary

Kite shows an updated summary with the new trigger conditions, limit prices and quantity. Read it before saving. The summary is the last point at which you can catch a mistyped trigger or an inverted limit.

6. Re-confirm the modification

Slide Modify GTT on the app or click Modify on web. The GTT updates in place. Its status stays Active and it continues to monitor the last traded price against the new conditions. You do not get a new GTT ID and the one-year validity is unchanged.

Modifying an OCO leg

On an OCO, the two legs share one quantity, so changing the quantity changes both. You can move the upper trigger and limit independently of the lower trigger and limit. A common edit is trailing a stop-loss: as the position moves in your favour you raise the lower-leg trigger and limit to lock in more, leaving the upper target where it is. The re-confirmation saves both legs together as one revised OCO, which still counts as a single GTT against the per-account cap.

When delete-and-recreate is the right move

Modification cannot change the exchange, the instrument or the side. If any of those needs to change, the path is delete-and-recreate, not modify. Delete the existing GTT from the same Orders, GTT screen, then create a new GTT with the values you want. This also applies if a GTT has already triggered and you want the trade again at a fresh level; there is no modify path for a spent GTT, only a new one.

External references

References

Zerodha support, How to modify GTT orders (as of 21 June 2026).
Zerodha support, How to delete GTT orders (as of 21 June 2026).
Zerodha support, How can I use the GTT feature? (as of 21 June 2026).
Zerodha GTT terms and conditions, zerodha.com/tos/gtt (as of 21 June 2026).

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