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Listed below you will find all the videos and articles included in the Thinkorswim category.
Free custom code linked below. Based on the Ichimoku study, this code will let you scan for Cloud Breakouts as well as Trend Continuation signals. The signals are crafted to mirror the techniques taught by Hubert Senters (videos linked below).
An indicator presented on TastyTrade and written by Slim of askslim.com. Prompted by a viewer’s request, this video demonstrates how to use the momentum portion of the SLM Ribbons study as a filter for long and short entries. Free custom study included in the link below. This video will show you how to use the SLM Ribbons momentum in a custom scan.
Desktop features in a mobile trading platform? Yes indeed. Prepare to be amazed in this next video in the Thinkorswim Mobile app series. Trade from the chart? We got that. View open positions, open orders and alert levels plotted directly on the chart? We certainly can.
Customized watch lists on the mobile version of Thinkorswim? Yep, we got that. Have a favorite scan you would like to display in a custom column of a watch list? Yep, we can do that. Multiple time frames? Yep, we got that too. This video demonstrates all the features of the watch list in the Thinkorswim Mobile app.
Can a mobile app be as good as its desktop counterpart? Packed with features you only expect to find on a desktop application. This is the first in a new series from Hahn-Tech, LLC. The Thinkorswim Mobile series is going to cover virtually every inch of this iOS based App. You want custom chart studies? We got that.
This is just a quick article (no video). I received several requests from viewers to demonstrate how to create a custom scan based on the Multi Time-Frame MACD indicator. This MTF MACD indicator is available free via the link embedded in the video located HERE, in a post called Thinkorswim MTF MACD Indicator. You will not need the indicator to build this scan, but be sure to go get it so you can plot it on your charts.
Free indicator included, linked below. Plot both the Historical and Implied Volatility together in the same subgraph of a stock chart. Clearly see where crossovers occur. Use this free indicator in a custom scan. Step-by-step instructions in the video show how to run three different kinds of scans from this one indicator.
