StrategyDesk™

Create, test and execute your trading strategy

StrategyDesk lets you create, test and execute your trading strategies — all using one powerful, downloadable desktop application. In just a few clicks, you can define strategy entry and exit rules, test your rules against historical market data and then activate them for live trading. You also get advanced charting and real-time screening capabilities to help you find, analyze and act on potential trading opportunities.

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Create custom entry and exit rules

Strategy Wizard offers more than 60 functions and technical indicators, enabling you to build custom entry and exit rules for your strategies. Base these rules on simple events — such as a stock opening at a price above its previous-day close — or complex conditions involving technical indicators like moving averages and relative strength.

Backtest your trading strategies

Test trading strategies against historical market data through StrategyDesk's backtesting feature.* See how your strategy might have worked in the past with a particular security or against large symbol lists. You can even rank multiple symbols and strategies based on past performance to quickly identify the potential combinations.

Enjoy the convenience of automated order entry

Take the emotion out of your trading decisions. Create alerts and establish trade orders to trigger when specific market conditions or events you set are met.** StrategyDesk can enter orders in your account automatically or prompt you for confirmation.

Use advanced charting to help develop and analyze strategies

StrategyDesk's easy-to-understand charts can help you to identify potential trading signals based on popular technical indicators or your own custom studies. The color bars let you highlight events or patterns according to specified rules, while advanced drawing tools enable you to establish alerts and orders based on trend lines. You can even backtest your strategies on a chart to visualize possible entry and exit points.

Find potential trading opportunities

Identify potential trading opportunities in real time using powerful screeners that scan the market for symbols matching your specified conditions. With StrategyDesk, you can also rank symbols based on custom indicators to quickly narrow a large symbol list down to a few ideal trading candidates.

Experience all-in-one trading and analysis

StrategyDesk is designed to offer all the trading and analysis tools you need in one powerful desktop platform. Stay on top of the market with Streaming News, Level I and Level II Quotes,† and time and sales updates. Analyze and trade options with streaming Option Chains.†† Find the most active securities using the Actives tool. Also place and manage orders, monitor positions and track account balances.

And so much more...

  • Free use of StrategyDesk as a TD AMERITRADE client
  • An extensive library of formulas and strategies to help generate ideas
  • Comprehensive reference materials, including the User's Manual, Quick-Start Guide and Formula and Syntax Guide
  • Access to the StrategyDesk Help Center for questions and rule-building assistance
  • A dedicated support team to help you get the most out of StrategyDesk
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Market volatility, volume and system availability may delay account access and trade executions.

TD AMERITRADE does not recommend any security, strategy or course of action selected through the use of StrategyDesk. Past performance does not guarantee future results or success.

*Backtesting is the evaluation of a particular trading strategy using historical data. Results presented are hypothetical; they did not actually occur. Past performance of a security or strategy does not guarantee the security or strategy will be successful in the future. Results could vary significantly, and losses could result.

**In order for an alert to trigger or a programmed trade to be automatically entered when the conditions you set are met, your computer must be on and StrategyDesk must be running. You are responsible for all orders entered in your account when a program trade you set is activated. Please make sure you keep sufficient funds or positions in your account to support program trades.

†Subscription fees apply to Streaming News and NASDAQ Level II access. Access to real-time data is subject to acceptance of the exchange agreements. Professional access and fees differ. For details, see our Professional Rates & Fees.

††Options involve risks and are not suitable for all investors as the special risks inherent to options trading may expose investors to potentially rapid and substantial losses. Options trading privileges subject to TD AMERITRADE review and approval. Not all account-holders will qualify. Please read Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options before investing in options.

StrategyDesk is a trademark of TD AMERITRADE IP Company, Inc. Used with permission.