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Thinkorswim Alert TTM Trend 30

In this brief video you will see how the TTM Trend indicator is referenced from inside a custom study. We’ll explain how this is possible and then show you how to simply add a few lines of code to include the Alert feature.

Thinkorswim Alert TTM Trend

Thinkorswim Strategy Guide MTF 35

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.

Thinkorswim Strategy Guide MTF

Thinkorswim Implied Volatility Percentile

Thinkorswim Implied Volatility Percentile

Implied Volatility Percentile Displayed on a Chart ATTENTION: It appears that Thinkorswim uses the term “IV Percentile” on their platform but in reality the value it displays is “IV Rank”. This causes some confusion among seasoned options traders who understand the difference. So I wanted to make this clear right up front that the current […]


Thinkorswim Options Trading Tutorial 9

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).

Thinkorswim Options Trading Tutorial

Thinkorswim Volume Profile Study 29

The very first premium indicator released by Hahn-Tech, LLC. Consistent with our present goals, this indicator will receive additional features and upgrades in proportion to the number of sales. When new features are added, all who have purchased this indicator will receive updates of the current release.


Thinkorswim Watchlist TTM Squeeze 86

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.

Thinkorswim Watchlist TTM Squeeze