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LEARNING CENTER

If you're looking for tutorials, reference, or quick guides, stop: everything's
right here, in thinkorswim Learning Center. Take a look around!


NEW RELEASE: SEPT 16TH

thinkorswim is now at Schwab!
 * September 16th, 2023
 * April 22nd, 2023
 * January 28th, 2023
 * All release notes


HOW TO THINKORSWIM

A comprehensive guide to everything thinkorswim.
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   Trading How-Tos
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   Mobile Trading
 * 
   PDF Guide


TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

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GETTING STARTED

The working area of the thinkorswim platform can be divided into two parts: the
left sidebar and the main window. The left sidebar is where you keep gadgets
necessary for your work. The main window contains eight tabs, which provide you
with numerous kinds of functionality: Monitor, Trade, Analyze, Scan,
MarketWatch, Charts, Tools, and Help. All these tabs also have subtabs, each
dedicated to a certain thinkorswim feature. The manual you’re reading now
describes these features in detail (refer to the corresponding pages for more
information), but for now, let’s focus on what can be found under the seven main
tabs:

The Monitor tab is the primary location where your trading activity is tracked.
This includes many kinds of data: your orders, positions, statements, cash
balances, and trading account status.

The Trade tab contains the following interfaces: All Products, Forex Trader,
Futures Trader, Pairs Trader, and Active Trader.

The Analyze tab provides you with analysis techniques of many kinds, including
simulation of "what-if scenarios" on both real and hypothetical trades,
volatility and probability analyses, the Economic Data indicator database, and
option back-testing.

The Scan tab enables you to filter through tens of thousands of stock, option,
futures and forex products available based on your search criteria.

The MarketWatch tab provides you with market data of many kinds as well as
techniques that will help you process it. The following sub-tabs are available
in MarketWatch: Quotes, Alerts, Visualize, Financing Rates, and Calendar.

The Charts tab provides you with a powerful graphic interface of real-time
market data with an extensive selection of technical analysis tools.

The Tools tab encompasses several handy thinkorswim features: thinkLog, Videos,
and Shared Items.


GETTING STARTED

The working area of the thinkorswim platform can be divided into two parts: the
left sidebar and the main window. The left sidebar is where you keep gadgets
necessary for your work. The main window contains eight tabs, which provide you
with numerous kinds of functionality: Monitor, Trade, Analyze, Scan,
MarketWatch, Charts, Tools, and Help. All these tabs also have subtabs, each
dedicated to a certain thinkorswim feature. The manual you’re reading now
describes these features in detail (refer to the corresponding pages for more
information), but for now, let’s focus on what can be found under the seven main
tabs:

The Monitor tab is the primary location where your trading activity is tracked.
This includes many kinds of data: your orders, positions, statements, cash
balances, and trading account status.

The Trade tab contains the following interfaces: All Products, Forex Trader,
Futures Trader, Pairs Trader, and Active Trader.

The Analyze tab provides you with analysis techniques of many kinds, including
simulation of "what-if scenarios" on both real and hypothetical trades,
volatility and probability analyses, the Economic Data indicator database, and
option back-testing.

The Scan tab enables you to filter through tens of thousands of stock, option,
futures and forex products available based on your search criteria.

The MarketWatch tab provides you with market data of many kinds as well as
techniques that will help you process it. The following sub-tabs are available
in MarketWatch: Quotes, Alerts, Visualize, Financing Rates, and Calendar.

The Charts tab provides you with a powerful graphic interface of real-time
market data with an extensive selection of technical analysis tools.

The Tools tab encompasses several handy thinkorswim features: thinkLog, Videos,
and Shared Items.


TODAY'S OPTION STATISTICS

The Today’ Options Statistics section displays the detailed options data. To
view the data, click on the V-shaped icon  before the section title.

You can find the following kinds of data in Today’ Options Statistics:

1. The first section to the left displays a breakdown of the chosen security’s
volatility measurements. There are two data points:

 * IV (Implied Volatility) is a measure of market sentiment regarding the
   security’s potential movement. In general, the higher the implied volatility,
   the higher the option’s premium.
 * HV (historical volatility) attempts to measure a security’s potential price
   movement based upon the ranges of price movement a security has historically
   shown.

The first section displays the 52-week high and low of both of these volatility
measurements as well as the percentile of volatility relative to that range.

The final value in this section is the VWAP, which stands for Volume Weighted
Average Price. VWAP is a measure of the underlying’s price based on the number
of shares or contracts traded at different prices.

2. The area in the center is Trade Analysis. This collates the records of all
options trades recorded for the current date and breaks them down into useful
classifications.

The three different colored columns represent sums of the rows for Calls, Puts,
and the aggregated total. The following rows are shown:

 * Total volume: The aggregate volume of each of these three columns for the
   current trading day.
 * Traded at BID or below: The total number of contracts traded at or below the
   bid price at the time of their execution.
 * % of Total: The percentage of “Traded at BID or below” relative to the total
   number of calls, puts, or all options traded.
 * Traded at ASK or above: The total number of contracts traded at or above the
   ask price at the time of their execution.
 * % of Total: The percentage of “Traded at ASK or above” relative to the total
   number of calls, puts, or all options traded.
 * Between the Market: The total number of contracts traded at a price between
   the quoted bid and ask at the time of execution.
 * %of total: The percentage of contracts traded “between the market” relative
   to the total number of calls, puts, or all options traded.
 * Delta between: Collective deltas of all options at the time they were traded
   divided into quintiles. To simplify the display, the deltas of both calls and
   puts are shown as their absolute value for convenience if you are comparing
   the delta values in the puts column to the puts section of the option chain.
   Note: A negative delta on the chain is equivalent to the positive value on
   the options statistics page.

3. The final section on the far right contains data based on Sizzle Index.
Sizzle Index is a ratio of the current day’s volume for all options on the
underlying against the average of those options previous five days’ volume.

In addition to the Sizzle Index, the following values are displayed in this
section:

 * Call and Put Sizzle Indices: These indices measure solely the volumes of that
   underlying’s calls and puts.
 * Volatility sizzle: This index measures the underlying’s current Volatility
   Index against the average of the past five days.
 * Stock Sizzle: This index measures the underlying’s trading volume against the
   average of the past five days.
 * Put-Call ratio: The ratio of the underlying’s put volume to its call volume.

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