thinkorswim Desktop
With thinkorswim Desktop® you get access to elite-level trading tools and a platform backed by insights, education, and a dedicated trade desk. Experience the unparalleled power of a fully customizable trading experience, designed to help you nail even the most complex strategies and techniques.
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Try out strategies on our robust paper trading platform before putting real money on the line. Sign up for a paperMoney practice account to trade $100,000 virtual money* risk-free.
Once you have an account, download thinkorswim to start trading.
$0 commissions on online stock,
ETF, and options trades
U.S. exchange-listed stocks, ETFs, and options. $0.65 per option contract
Learn moreTrader made. Trader tested. Trader approved.
You’re constantly refining your trading strategies, so we are always updating thinkorswim to give you access to new features and tools that let you do more. If you ever need help mastering our latest features, call up our dedicated trade desk.
Advanced TradingTechnical AnalysisthinkScriptStock Hacker
Advanced Trading
Attack more of the market
Trade an array of products, including equities, options, options on futures, ETFs, futures and forex. You may also be eligible to use options and futures in an IRA or gain even more trading leverage with margin or portfolio margin.**
Technical Analysis
Chart with more data. Forecast with more confidence.
Pull from 400+ technical studies, including your basic support, resistance, candlestick and profile charts. Plus, support your more advanced trading strategies with sophisticated charts, like monkey bars and renko charts and up to 20 drawings with eight Fibonacci tools.
thinkScript
The peak of customization: thinkScript
Unleash your own analysis with thinkScript. With the help of our condition wizard jumpstart tool or a little object-based coding knowledge, you can build your own order execution and strategic testing algorithms and see how your scenarios could play.
Stock Hacker
Scan. Strategize. Strike.
Scan for stocks meeting any attribute that’s important to you — even your own defined and custom attributes — and easily filter out the ones that don’t using fundamental, technical, and option related data.
Analyze: the starting line for your strategy
Built on one of the most customizable tools in the industry, our Analyze section helps you put your concepts to the test. Explore our most popular features and build your trading tool belt.
Economic Data
Put your insight head-to-head with economic data straight from the Fed. 400,000 data points across the globe help you discover new key indicators and chart them over time against your own analyses to determine the right action to take.
Company Profile
Build your analysis on top industry authorities.*** Examine company revenue drivers with company data broken down by divisions and the percentage each drives to the bottom line. Make hypothetical adjustments to the key revenue drivers for each division based on what you think may happen and see how those changes could impact projected company revenue.
Options Statistics
Our proprietary Sizzle Index™ quickly compares the day’s movements against the five-day average volume and volatility, so you can easily spot unusual conditions.1
Earnings Tool
Compare historical earnings per share, their effect on options prices, and original estimates side-by-side to pinpoint the trends in the market before putting your plan into action.
The market never rests. Neither do we.
A competitive market demands that traders keep up with a constant flow of information. That’s why we offer even more insightful features, designed to help you study, strategize, select and strike with speed, precision and intelligence unmatched by any other platform.
24/5 Trading
Trade on your schedule and take advantage of more potential market opportunities with 24/5 Trading. Trade select securities that span global markets 24 hours a day, five days a week.
Custom Alerts
Strike the moment opportunity knocks with custom alerts for the events you care about. Choose from pre-selected lists of popular events or create your own using our powerful array of parameters.
Social Sentiment
Study companies from every angle and visualize the public’s attitude towards a company over time, helping you make an informed trading decision.2
Strategy Roller
Automate your strategy by using our predefined criteria to roll your covered call strategy forward every month. You’ll be promptly alerted on the status of your options strategies and orders, keeping you in control.3
Market Maker MoveTM (MMM)
Determine which stocks may be making big moves by tracking the expected magnitude of price movement based on market volatility.†
Market Monitor
In real time, view the whole market displayed in easy-to-read heat mapping and graphics. View your portfolio, dive deep into forex rates, industry conference calls, and earnings.
Trade with the best
#1 overall broker
Named the #1 overall broker by StockBrokers.com††
#1 desktop platform and mobile app
thinkorswim was named #1 trading desktop platform and mobile app by StockBrokers.com††
#1 education
Named #1 in education by StockBrokers.com††
The Learning Center: answers to all your platform questions
Whether you want a comprehensive guide or a quick jumpstart via frequently asked questions, the Learning Center is the easiest way to get started on thinkorswim. We document all new features, so you’re always up to date.
thinkorswim platform for anywhere—or way— you trade
Opportunities wait for no trader. Take action wherever and however your trading style demands using our entire suite of thinkorswim platforms: desktop, web, and mobile.
Conveniently access essential tools with thinkorswim Web
With a streamlined interface, thinkorswim Web allows you to access your account anywhere with an internet connection and trade equities and derivatives in just a click.
Learn morethinkorswim Mobile: strike whenever the moment is right
Stay in lockstep with the market with desktop alerts, trades, and charts synced and optimized for your phone on the award-winning thinkorswim Mobile app.
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