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thinkorswim® Web is a web-based trading platform brought to you by TD Ameritrade. Now you can trade stocks, options, futures, and forex from your web browser—no downloads required. In this tutorial, we’ll take a tour of the platform and show you how to get started trading with thinkorswim® Web.
0:00 Welcome
0:30 Logging in to thinkorswim® Web
1:07 thinkorswim® Web layout
2:08 Creating and customizing watchlists
2:45 Placing a stock trade
4:54 Cancelling and replacing a working order
5:36 Monitoring positions and working orders
6:03 Closing a position
6:33 Placing a stop order on an existing position
7:20 Customizing the All Account Positions page
7:51 Introduction to thinkorswim® Web charts
8:41 Buying a single option
10:16 Using the Profit/Loss Profile
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