limit price; price limit
Financial term for a specified price at which an investor is willing to buy or sell a security, as opposed to a market order.
I want to buy this stock at a limit price.
指値を設定して注文を出した。
I placed an order with a price limit.
指値 (a limit order specifying a price) is the opposite of 成り行き (a market order with no price limit) in trading.
Standard kanji spelling; the shorter form is more common in financial contexts.
Full spelling with okurigana; also seen but less common than 指値.
Compound of 指し (sashi, continuative form of 指す 'to point, indicate') + 値 (ne 'price'). The spelling 指値 is a common abbreviation.