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Are you using the TTM Trend indicator in your trades? Would you like to build a custom scan based on the TTM Trend? You don’t need access to the source code, this video shows you how. And you don’t even need to know how to write code. Because we provide the custom code for you via the link below.
Learn how to build custom stock scans and spend less time reviewing charts. This video shows that you don’t need access to the source code to write a customized scan for a licensed indicator on the Thinkorswim platform. In this video, Thinkorswim Scan TTM Squeeze Histogram, you will learn how to build and run a custom scan. You will receive a free custom scan indicator via clicking the link below. This indicator is actually four different scans built into one. This video shows how to select which of the four scans to run.
Have you ever wondered how include real time live data from Thinkorswim platform into a spreadsheet? Once you learn this simple technique, you will be able to use your spreadsheet skills to build a fully customized live snapshot of the market in real time.
So one of your trading pals shared their workspace with you. Now what? Need to know the step-by-step process for importing their shared workspace into your Thinkorswim platform? You’ve found it. Or do you have a trading pal that want’s your chart layouts and need a convenient way to share it with them? You’ve found it. In this video we show you both sides of the process. How to share and how to import a shared workspace.
Tired of looping through dozens of charts just to find the few stocks that meet your criteria? Wouldn’t you rather just glance at your watch list and instantly see those half dozen stocks all sorted at the top of your list? Looking for the needle in the haystack can be tedious and time consuming. This video demonstrates how to combine the
Free custom indicator included, and linked below. One of our viewers contacted us via Facebook page asking for help with a custom scan on the Thinkorswim trading platform. The request was to demonstrate how to combine three indicators into a single scan. The specified indicators are the standard MACD, and RSI along with the *TTM Squeeze©.
Have you ever wished you could take your favorite setup and convert it to a custom scan? Wouldn’t it be great to just press the scan button and instantly have a list of qualified charts to review? In this video, you learn how to convert the logic of your setup into a custom scan on the Thinkorswim platform. You’ll have to work with a little bit of scripting language.
