Questions tagged [thinkorswim]
Thinkorswim is an electronic trading platform by TD Ameritrade used for trading equities, fixed income securities, options, futures, foreign exchange, and other financial products.
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How to go to a specific date in ThinkOrSwim on all open / linked charts
I'm using ThinkOrSwim and have many charts with different time frames up at once. I commonly want to go to a specific date.
What is the easiest way to go to a specific date on a chart in ThinkOrSwim?
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What do the TOS level 2 colors mean in ThinkOrSwim? [duplicate]
Can someone explain what the colors on the bid and bid size and the ask and ask size mean? Also, why is the bid green and the bid size is red or vise versa?
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Can a Trailing Stop Limit order extend the upside?
I'm looking to place a trailing stop on a stock IF AND ONLY IF the stock reaches a certain profit level. My goal is to effectively place a sell limit order, but to extend the upside if the stock ...
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ThinkOrSwim: How to explain the coloring scheme of bar charts
Bar chart I am referring to from TOS learning center
Source: https://tlc.thinkorswim.com/center/howToTos/thinkManual/charts/Chart-Modes/Chart-Types/bar
In this bar chart, why are down ticks sometimes ...
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Option Price Chart Data Not Matching with Table
I am studying the option price data for SPY Call Credit Spread 373/372 expiring Jan 15, 2021. According to this chart, on 12/24/2020, the price ranged from -0.87 to -0.02. At least that is what I ...
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Calculate OTM premium from implied volatility?
ThinkOrSwim, IBKR, and others reports the implied-volatility (IV) for a given expiration. If I know the current underlying price and IV for that expiration, can I compute a rough estimate of the call ...
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OTM, Long Put Options in an All-Stock acquired company - did they die?
I have a small, few hundred dollar position in an OTM Strike ($22) put option expiring Jan. 2021 for KEMET (KEM).
The company was acquired by Yageo recently.
Yageo trades on the Taiwanese stock ...
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How to close an expired condor position in thinkorswim
I have ten condor positions in a stock that expired last Friday. The condor was profitable and am now trying to figure out how to close the position. I thought that this was something tos would do ...
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Creating a buy stop with stop loss order on Think Or Swim
Using Think Or Swim, is there a way to create a Buy Order for a stock with a stop and simultaneously create a sell order with a stop loss that only gets triggered if the stock is purchased? I'm ...
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How to place Stop-Limit order below current price, and multiple Limit orders above?
I purchased 500 shares of an ETF at $64. I want to set up a stop-limit to sell all 500 shares if the price hits my stop of $63.80. But if the price goes up, I want to sell 200 shares at $64.50 and 300 ...
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Multiple studies in thinkscript combined into one study returns -
I am making a query that includes all the bearish candles. I know some of the studies have entries, but when I do them all at once I get nothing.
input n = 0;
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Is it possible to have dividends included in profits and losses with TD Ameritrade's thinkorswim?
I'm using OnDemand and have not found a section where I can see the amount I'd have earned in dividends.
A TD Ameritrade support person told me that neither the paper money nor OnDemand accounts show ...
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Are there different markets between option writing and buying?
Looking at the option chain I see short term (30 days) deep out of the money calls with volume for strike 55 with volume at 16, with Bid/Ask at 0.30/1.00:
However, the time and sales window notes two ...
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Indications of Buy or Sell to Open -- Time and Sales Window
I am using Thinkorswim trading platform and came across something I do not understand. The options chain is as seen below with 10 open interest and volume of 315 at strike 55, (added: bid ask spread: ...
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TOS: Candlestick vs Candlestick trend
Working with ThinkOrSwim (TOS) platform, I am trying to understand the differences between candlestick styles. Specifically "Candlestick" (C) vs "Candlestick trend" (CT).
Pink: Why does a C.green ...
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Selling an Iron Condor vs Selling the Put and Call as individual pieces
Is there any advantage to selling an Iron Condor over selling the Call and Put Vertical Spreads that make up the Iron Condor. In TOS I can not figure out how to adjust one side of the Iron Condor ...
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