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Listed below you will find all the videos and articles included in the Thinkorswim category.
After a brief slide show explaining the differences, you will see how to use the MTF MACD Strategy to extract theoretical trades from Thinkorswim into a spreadsheet for analysis. Thinkorswim Strategy Guide MTF is a more advanced version of previous videos published on this topic.
Did you know that you can trade options contracts on the D.O.M. just like futures contracts? If not, then this video is about to blow your mind. Did you know you can display the trade history of an individual option contract in a chart, just like Socks, Futures and Forex? This video shows you how to enter and manage a trade for individual options contracts using the D.O.M. (Depth Of Market).
This indicator compliments a previous video we published that displays the colors of the TTM Squeeze histogram in a watchlist. Use these together to create a ‘radar screen’ similar to those used in TradeStation. In a single glance you can see stocks that are ready to make a move and which direction the indicator is predicting.
See exactly how the Ichimoku indicator performs across bear and bull markets. This Thinkorswim custom strategy plots the profit and loss graph for several Ichimoku based setups. Cloud breakouts, or cloud breakdowns, trend continuation, with and without confirming signals. It’s all covered in one package. Track long and short strategies on the same chart. Exits are handled via an adjustable Parabolic SAR.
This brief article show you how to import large lists of symbols into a personal watchlist on the Thinkorswim platform.
Easily find stocks that are trending stronger or weaker than the index. Catch stocks as they make their first transition from under-perform to over-perform. Find out where the big money is reallocating their holdings.
Displays both the new highs and new lows over a time span you specify. Alerts, both audible and visual, are triggered at each new high and low throughout the time span you specify. The range in ticks (pips) from high to low is displayed in a chart label along with the high and low.
