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thinkorswim® is an industry-leading trading platform offering powerful trading tools, streaming real-time data, and powerful analytics. In this tutorial we’ll provide a high-level tour of the most commonly used features of the thinkorswim® trading platform.
0:00 Welcome
0:09 Downloading thinkorswim
0:36 Logging in to thinkorswim
0:51 thinkorswim layout
1:42 Left hand sidebar setup
3:20 Watchlists
4:34 Intro to Charts
5:52 Switching chart types
6:20 Chart settings and style
7:20 Selecting a chart timeframe
8:32 Placing a market order to buy stock
11:24 Monitoring Working Orders
12:00 Placing a limit order to buy stock
12:33 Canceling and replacing orders
13:53 Buying a single option
15:19 Monitoring and closing an existing position
16:25 Education Center tour
17:09 Creating a Support/Chat request
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