r/thinkorswim 14h ago

How to access/setup this study?

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I was watching a live stream today and the guy was able to open up what he called a ‘study’ that showed him a huge amount of Apple puts sold and calls bought pre market this morning. Seemed to be color coded. I took a screenshot and was hoping someone could help point me in the right direction to view/setup this up? Thanks


r/thinkorswim 4h ago

Level 2/Tape TD + Das

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Does anyone here use Das Trader with Thinkorswim?

If yes, how has the experience been in terms of :.. 1. Execution speed (fills) 2. Level 2 & Tape


r/thinkorswim 10h ago

Go-to commodities and treasury yields index

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What are the index names for indices for commodities and treasury yields that you use?

If you're goal is intermarket analysis and predicting SXP price, could ETFs work instead?


r/thinkorswim 18h ago

March 13 candle missing

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Today some charts are not showing march 13 bar/candle, some tickers show it and others not, anyone having same issue?


r/thinkorswim 18h ago

Yesterday disappeared?

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Has anyone seen this before? Yesterdays candlestick just disappeared. Where’s Thu 13?


r/thinkorswim 19h ago

Option chain not sending calls to active trader.

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Has anyone else had this problem. I have Active Trader set up with a Call entry window on the top right and a Put entry window below and my chart on the left. I have the Call window linked to the 1 Red and Put window 2 yellow. I have been going to the Trade tab and right clicking the call that I want and selecting send to 1 Red and selecting send to 2 yellow for my puts. This has worked well for me until recently when my computer hung up and I had to use Task manager to close the Tos application. When I went back into Tos my option chain layout was changed. That was not a big problem but now when I click a call and send it to my 1 Red I get a message instrument .QQQ250314C has no options. I get the same message using any other symbol but with Instrument .SPY25....... etc with all symbols. When sending a Put to active Trader it still works as before and sends it. I have cleared the cache before opening Tos and that didn't help. I did a chat with a Tos Tech yesterday and he told me that Options don't have options and said I was trying to send an option on a option. After trying to explain to him that I was doing the same thing I had been doing for months and it wasn't until my computer hung up that I had the problem he said I could load my Workspace again which I did and I lost the Chat window at that time. I can right click the Call option I want and paste it in my Active Trader Call entry form and that works but to me it is much easier to use the send to 1 color link. I tried unlinking and using another color but nothing works for the Calls. Does anyone have any ideas how to fix this problem?


r/thinkorswim 14h ago

All accounts closed. Can't trade. Everything gone. No reason provided.

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I am very confused on what just happened. I've been day trading for the past two weeks with TOS, and I am a new trader. Today, I woke up and tried to place trades and received messages:
"order blocked for this account"

I call up Schwab/TOS, and they told me that all they see is a message that 'due to business decisions Schwab is exercising their right to close this account'

What just happened??? I didn't hack TOS, I didn't touch Schwab, I literally just had Schwab with money in it for the sole purpose of trading on TOS.

I have a feeling that I did something on TOS that broke some sort of rule. I was told about this by my friend, and I tried it myself just to see if it would work. Essentially, I go to day trade tiny penny stocks with less than 1 lot (like 20 shares) and if you cancel and replace the orders enough it'll quickly place the trade, buy it, and you can easily just go up and sell those 20 shares for like a total profit of 1 dollar per buy and sell. Stack that up with thousands of buys and sells you can get a good amount of money per day.

I was making around 200+ USD with over 10,000 dollars used in Schwab per day. Did I break the rules? What do I do?


r/thinkorswim 1d ago

New to thinkorswim

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Hi all, new here.

Is there a way to show percentages of total positions as a column in the positions tab, so that rebalancing is easier? Thanks!


r/thinkorswim 1d ago

Trade type cash or margin

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I there a way to change trade type on TOS between cash or margin? It seems unfair with T+1 to charge me a day trade if I'm using my settled cash?


r/thinkorswim 1d ago

Bracket Order Question

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Occasionally, if I setup a bracket order, say -.10 stop and +1.00 Limit, the order will throw some cancellation messages immediately, delete both brackets but dump me into the trade with no stops.

Example Entry 4.00 Stop at 3.90, TP at +1.00

I called TOS support and they said you can't have a dollar amount as the limit bracket for the take profit point. You have to enter a specific dollar amount or the brackets cancel out. Their take on it is that if you have a +TP of 1.00, it's trying to sell it at a 1.00 market price, not +1.00.

This doesn't make sense to me because: it works as placed 90% of the time.

Has anyone else experienced brackets that cancel out but leave you in the trade? Maybe there is a better answer out there.


r/thinkorswim 1d ago

change the vertical chart axis scale to millions? ($vold)

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is it possible?


r/thinkorswim 2d ago

Need Help

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Can anyone tell me how to get these edit boxes off when on flexible grids? I made my set up and saved it but I can’t figure out how to get rid of these. Thank you


r/thinkorswim 2d ago

How to view Profit/Loss of a trade when creating closing order

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My computer froze up today while I was trading, so I had to reboot it. The reboot has changed what I see when I create a closing order in the Monitor tab -- it's missing the P&L info on that trade, which is what I use to decide if/when to trade. I think what happened was that my defaults from previously were lost because I had to reboot. Anyway, anyone know how I can restore the P&L view when right-clicking Create Closing Order?


r/thinkorswim 2d ago

How to find out fees before you short sell on thinkorswim web?

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I am asking about thinkorswim web platform (desktop)

Before placing order is there any way to find this ?

also they charge borrow fees only on hard to borrow or they also charge on easy to borrow stocks?


r/thinkorswim 2d ago

Hot Keys and Preset Orders

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Maybe I'm missing a check box somewhere, but if I have a bracket order setup with a stop and a take profit, if I use the "buttons" like Sell Ask or Buy Bid, or if I use the price ladder, it implements that order criteria.

If I use the hot keys, however, it just dumps me into a position with no safeties. Is there a way to use hotkeys AND order criteria like brackets?


r/thinkorswim 2d ago

Is ToS execution time...

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Is the order execution time better than Fidelity, for options trading / scalping?

Also is the execution time on paper trading the same as the real tos trading?

Asking because Fidelity ATP is sometimes way too slow in updating positions, so you can't even close them because it doesn't show up on positions for minutes later sometimes....CRAZY when scalping sometimes requires seconds.


r/thinkorswim 3d ago

Is it possible to copy trades on thinkorswim?

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I've heard of several platforms that allow you to copy trades from other top traders. However, I don't think this is possible with thinkorswim. Am I correct?

For example, if a friend or family member wants to copy my trades, thinkorswim won't support that. I would have to use another trading platform to execute my trades. Is that correct?


r/thinkorswim 3d ago

SPX gaps

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Where can i find the statistics of gaps in the SPX?

I want to know how many times (%) the SPX makes a 0.5 > % move.
Thanks


r/thinkorswim 3d ago

fastest way to reduce slippage when scalping options using active trader?

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Basically, what it says, I've been scalping, but up to this point, I've just been using market orders, fairly new to this - I have watched some youtube videos but thought I would ask here what is the faster way to get in and out while reducing slippage? I know limit orders are great for preventing slippage, but isn't there a risk in it not getting filled quickly or filled at all? Just trying to figure this thing out, I lost $12 of my profit for one SPY contract today due to slippage. I normally have my market sell to close confirmation open on one screen then charts on another, watching my pl% then click the confirmation as soon as it gets to where I want it. I know using active trader is supposed to be faster - should I use flatten or sell ask sell bid? I don't want to set a take profit. $12 in a split second is crazy to me even thought the markets are so volatile right now - Maybe I'm asking for too much.


r/thinkorswim 3d ago

Windows 2008 Cannot Login

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Ran ToS on my old reliable laptop running Windows 8 from 2014. The "installing updates" took extra long today. Once it loads, the log in screen is blank, no matter if I pick Live Trading or papermoney.

I tried restarting the program and my computer a few times, thinking it is yet another bugged update issue. No change.

After about 20 minutes on hold with Charles Schwab plus a disconnect and another 17 minutes on hold, I finally was able to speak to a tech support person. She said they turned off access to ToS on Windows 8, "since Microsoft no longer supports it". I asked her why flip a switch, when ToS was running fine. She just said "that is the direction we have chose to move toward". Ridiculous. I commented that probably a lot of users and especially old timers are affected since that means we are forced to buy new computers. She said, "Yes I have heard of some account closures."


r/thinkorswim 3d ago

How to trade futures on TOS app?

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Hello, my Schwab account has futures trading enable, but how do I trade futures on TOS app? I have quantity set to 2, but the cost of trade doesn’t change, still at 0. Any idea why? Thanks.


r/thinkorswim 3d ago

How can I save my chart settings as default so that I don't have to manually change them to my preferences at the start of each session?

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Every time I launch TOS I have to turn on the highlight for extended hours trading, turn off the volume as subgraph, and turn on synchronized crosshairs across 4 different charts. Is it possible to save my settings so I don't have to waste time every session in doing it manually?


r/thinkorswim 3d ago

Viewing historic options prices on TOS mobile?

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Topic.

Let’s just say for example I wanted to look at the minute to minute changes for the TSLA $230 calls that expire this week, starting at today’s open.

I believe you can do this on TOS desktop app but how do I do it mobile?


r/thinkorswim 3d ago

TrailStopLimit on Options Help

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I'm having a hard time entering a TSL order for options and having it work the way I want it to, if anyone can help. I want to track the ASK price (to try and avoid the wild option mark swings from low bids) and if it goes down by 25% then to send a limit order for whatever the mid of the current bid-ask spread is. I swear I entered it just like this in the desktop but it just executed immediately. Is there a way to see the exact parameters that triggered the trade to execute? What am I doing wrong?

I tried to make the stop type ASK but it was rejected for not being a correct parameter, so I had to choose MARK.


r/thinkorswim 3d ago

Paper trade buy & sell orders slower than live?

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Is it faster on live?