TD Ameritrade enhances thinkorswim suite of trading products
TD Ameritrade brings further enhancements to thinkorswim®
New Features Demonstrate Schwab and TD Ameritrade’s Commitment to thinkorswim Suite of Platforms
OMAHA, Neb.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–TD Ameritrade enhances its award-winning programI suite of thinkorswim trading products with a host of new features and services as integration with Schwab continues to progress. Traders using thinkorswim are now more informed and empowered than ever, with greater customization available on desktop through new charting and programming capabilities, integrated news features to contextualize market movements on mobile, and an offer more robust and streamlined trading platform on the web.
In August 2020, Schwab announced plans to adopt thinkorswim and integrate its award-winning trading platforms, education and tools into its trading offerings for clients. Merchants can go to market with confidence knowing they will have continued access to thinkorswim’s award-winning suite of products, along with the innovation, training and service they have come to expect. For more information about thinkorswim, please visit www.thinkorswim.com.
“We know how important thinkorswim and the constant innovation at the heart of the platforms is to clients,” said Barry Metzger, Head of Trading and Education, Charles Schwab. “These recently released feature enhancements are a great example of how we continue to innovate and improve the experience as the integration progresses.”
New thinkorswim enhancements include:
- thinkorswim office: Graphing and scripting capabilities take center stage, with the addition of 11 new graph studies and the release of the thinkscript® integrated development environment (IDE), an advanced code editor that allows users to create, edit and manage their own studies and strategies or build on existing studies (both predefined and user-defined) within the thinkorswim platform for an extremely extensive customizable experience.
- Thinkorswim Mobile: “Portfolio Digest” has been added to its overview page, allowing users to see what’s happening in the news that may affect their holdings without logging into a computer, in addition to improving its viewing behavior in Privacy mode and update the appearance. from its watch lists.
- thinkorswim website: The platform’s charting system now offers a more comprehensive trading offering with seamless drag-and-drop order editing and one-click cancellations, as well as a display of historical and future profit projections. An Active Trader ladder interface has also been recently added with built-in order entry, display of volume and bid/ask size at different price levels, and built-in profit/loss display – all fully accessible and responsive on mobile.
Additionally, in an early example of how TD Ameritrade trading clients will benefit from the integration and breadth and depth of what the combined business will offer, TD Ameritrade has launched an Active Trader virtual branch in april. Here, Active Trader financial consultants focus on trader “coaching” and wealth management to help meet the unique needs of their self-directed traders. The new Active Trader arm builds on the success of a similar service already available to Schwab trader clients. As with the Schwab service, traders must meet a set of requirements to work with the TD Ameritrade Active Trader branch, but as always, all TD Ameritrade clients continue to have access to online service and support. live 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
About TD Ameritrade
TD Ameritrade provides investment and education services to self-directed investors and registered investment advisers. A leader in retail in the United States, we leverage the latest cutting-edge technology and personalized customer service to help our customers stay on top of market trends. Learn more by visiting www.amtd.com.
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (“Schwab”), Member SIPC, is a separate but affiliated company and subsidiary of The Charles Schwab Corporation.
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I TD Ameritrade was rated against 14 other online brokers in the StockBrokers.com Online Broker Review 2022. The company was ranked #1 in the categories “Platforms & Tools” (11 consecutive years), ” Desktop Trading Platform: thinkorswim®” (10 consecutive years), “Active Trading” (2 consecutive years), “Options Trading”, “Customer Service” and “Helpline”. TD Ameritrade was also ranked Best in Class (in the top 5) for “Overall Broker” (12 consecutive years), “Education” (11 consecutive years), “Commissions & Fees” (2 consecutive years), “Offering investments” (8 consecutive years), “Beginners” (10 consecutive years), “Mobile trading applications” (10 consecutive years), “Ease of use” (6 consecutive years), “IRA accounts” (3 consecutive years) , “Futures Trading” (3 consecutive years) and “Research” (11 consecutive years).