noun
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.
この株は指値で買いたい。
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.
成行注文 is a market order executed immediately at the current price, while 指値 is a limit order that specifies the maximum acceptable purchase price or minimum acceptable sale price.
Compound of 指し (sashi, continuative form of 指す 'to point, indicate') + 値 (ne 'price'). The spelling 指値 is a common abbreviation.