Tutorials Archives – Easycators Thinkorswim Downloads – Page 6

Posted on Saturday 2017.09.23Monday 2019.09.16 by Josiah — 1 Comment

Demo Trading with ThinkOrSwim paperMoney®

Download the ThinkOrSwim app here:
http://easycators.com/download

Download ThinkOrSwim Paper Money and signup to demo trade with the professional trader tools from TD Ameritrade. Paper trading is available for free for 60 days for those without a funded TOS account, and is included for free with any funded account.

Think Or Swim Paper Money includes all kinds of free indicators already installed and ready to use. You can also download and install premium indicators from SWIMdicators if you need some additional trading tools.

ThinkOrSwim’s paperMoney demo trading platform includes almost all the same features as the main “real money” trading platform. The main difference is that in Paper Money the market data is delayed by about 20 minutes. So the latest bars on your chart will be older bars — they won’t be the real time current market data.

Other than that, though, the platform is great, and it allows you to test almost any product, instrument, strategy, indicator, etc., just like in the real money program.

Once you’ve perfected your strategy over a series of sample trades, now it’s time to logout of think-or-swim, switch over to “live trading,” and make some REAL money!

I think it’s still made of “paper” though. 🙂

Posted on Saturday 2017.09.23Monday 2019.09.16 by Josiah

Login Tutorial – How to Log in to ThinkOrSwim

ThinkOrSwim login tutorial featuring information on how to use the log in screen for the ThinkOrSwim platform by TD Ameritrade. Find out more about ThinkOrSwim with the unofficial guide:

https://easycators.com/thinkorswim/login/thinkorswim-login/

ThinkOrSwim is a professional multi-market trading platform from TD Ameritrade.

To login to thinkorswim, download the software from https://easycators.com/download

After running the installer, launch the platform. A window will appear that says “Checking for updates…” After it makes sure there are no updates to install, the log in screen will appear with a field for username and password.

There is a settings icon in the lower left that you can click to adjust the look and feel of the platform, from light themes to dark themes. You can also adjust the system’s font size to make it easier to read.

The settings screen also shows you login options such as how much memory to devote to the platform, and whether or not to connect through a proxy server.

After you save your settings, you’ll be back out on the log in screen. There is also a “?” icon that, if clicked, shows the 800 number to call for technical support for the platform. If you forget your used ID, you can call this number, or visit https://easycators.com/loginhelp to contact TD Ameritrade.

If you forget your password, you can visit that same page to reset it and have a new password emailed to you.

Once you know your username and password, you can click the lock icon in the user ID field to save it so you don’t have to type it in every single time you launch the TOS platform.

After you do that, type in your password and hit enter, and the platform will launch.

Once the platform is done opening, a “Home Screen” may appear. By default the platform shows the home screen every time you open it, but if you want to turn off the home screen popup, here’s how:

Click the gear icon / Setup menu at the top right of the platform screen. Select Application Settings from the menu that appears. Then select Startup on the left side of the popup window. Uncheck the selection that tells it to show the home screen on every start up, and click OK.

That’s it! You’ve logged in to the thinkorswim platform!

If you need additional help, subscribe to our channel to watch our other tutorial videos, or checkout out website at:

https://easycators.com/thinkorswim/login/thinkorswim-login/

Posted on Saturday 2017.09.23Monday 2019.09.16 by Josiah

Options Hacker Tutorial for ThinkOrSwim

https://easycators.com/thinkorswim/tutorials/thinkorswim-tutorial-scanning-options-hacker/

I noticed that there is not very much information out there on the Options Hacker option scanner for Think-Or-Swim. So I wanted to do a quick ThinkOrSwim tutorial on Options Hacker and at least note some of the differences between it and Stock Hacker.

So I made this short video where I show you how to set up a customized options scan in think or swim. I also show you how to add stock filters, option filters, and custom study filters for the underlying stock. I show you how to narrow and sort the results, and finally, how to save the scan to use later.

Trading options can be a lot more complex than stocks, forex, or futures. Spreads can be dreadful. It can be hard and time consuming to find the best stock option to use. So traders need all the help they can get. Proper use of Options Hacker can really speed up analysis and trade qualification, so it can be highly beneficial.

Let me know in the comments if you have any questions. Meanwhile, feel free to checkout the accompanying ThinkOrSwim tutorial on our blog at https://easycators.com/thinkorswim/tutorials/thinkorswim-tutorial-scanning-options-hacker/