How to Set Up thinkorswim® desktop for Options Trading

thinkorswim® is one of the most powerful options trading platforms around, but if you’re just sticking with the default settings, you’re missing out. Watch this video for some insider tips on how to customize thinkorswim desktop especially for options—things like streamlining the option chain based on your trading style, setting up custom options screeners, and more features you don’t want to miss.

0:00 Intro
0:14: How to customize the option chain
4:45 How to save your option chain layout
6:57 How to optimize the option chain for trading options spread strategies
10:35 How to scan for options that meet certain criteria
15:21 How to save an options scan query
16:30 How to adjust the position statement to monitor options trades
20:23 How to create custom order templates

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[KVRGTexas]

Camron I am an ardent Schwab options trader and never realized the power of ToS till I saw this and other videos of yours. Totally impressed by the platform as well as your style of teaching. You are the BEST of all the ToS educators I have seen so far. Thanks for all you do..

[walabdi]

Great Video! Thanks for going slowly to show each step in a simple way.

[salb]

Excellent example on how to set up a custom order for options! Thank you.

[vladonweb]

This is so far the best information about settings.Thanks.

[henrymckenna]

Camron May is the best of all the educators I’ve seen on any site. Give him a raise ( no I don’t know him.)

[liveaction]

you should share how to trade options on a dom/ladder, I believe your customers would love this approach. PS: active chart horizontal line off last would be very very nice someday

[johnmeyer]

Great job with teaching this concept on using TOS. I'm feeling better about making the transition from SSE which I have resisted strongly since it was announced.

[sureshmandan]

Thank you, Cameron, for this amazing video for setting TOS for options trading. You teach at a comfortable pace, which I really appreciate!

There are, however, some things I saw in your video that I could not see or reproduce in the paper trading platform I downloaded. One for example was *move to group* under the *unallocated* group under the *position statement* in the *Monitor* tab.

Once again, thanks
Suresh

[beaugalbraith]

How do I reverse the order of strike prices? It doesn't make sense to me that the lowest price is at the top and the highest price is at the bottom.

[kadirismail]

I have to do that. The system has to be set right.

[thatpointinlife]

It really is just THAT simple, folks! 🤣🤦‍♂️

[SenorAhole]

ThinkorSwim is complete garbage. Bring back StreetSmart Edge, very simple ticket orders and charts.