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#UNUSUAL OPTIONS ACTIVITY THINKORSWIM PLUS#
#UNUSUAL OPTIONS ACTIVITY THINKORSWIM PROFESSIONAL#

You’ll see information about substantial price moves, including written context.

Trade Flash will show high-quantity trades as well as trades that result in a large delta.

Here’s a quick look at what Trade Flash tells you: Past performance does not guarantee future results. Image source: the thinkorswim platform from TD Ameritrade. The Trade Flash gadget on thinkorswim offers insight into what the institutional players are doing. Given the short shelf life of this type of information, flashes are removed overnight after each trading session.įIGURE 1: TRADE FLASH BY TD AMERITRADE. trading day, which cease shortly after the close of the market. Once you’ve added the gadget (see figure 1), you’ll begin to see “flashes” throughout the U.S.

#UNUSUAL OPTIONS ACTIVITY THINKORSWIM PLUS#

To add the Trade Flash gadget, log in to the thinkorswim platform, click on the plus (+) icon at the lower left of the side panel, and then select Trade Flash. What type of activity might be deemed unusual? Flashes might highlight different combinations of price, volume, volatility, and liquidity-anything that might help you uncover what could be potential opportunities worthy of a second glance. Trade Flash also provides information about substantial price moves-each with detailed written context-as well as “unusual” trades. Events such as third-party analyst up/downgrades.Here’s some of the info that can pop up in a flash:

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Trade Flash streams real-time intraday commentary from a network of more than 500 professional traders. It streams all kinds of information about what large traders are doing-those whose volume can sometimes move markets. You can find Trade Flash on the left sidebar of the thinkorswim platform. It’s a “gadget” called Trade Flash on the thinkorswim® platform from TD Ameritrade. With quarterly earnings releases, interest rate decisions, pandemics, policy shifts, and so on moving the markets, focusing on what to trade can be a challenge.ĭon’t you wish there was a tool that could cut through all that and highlight potential trade opportunities in real time? Well, there is. Many traders say the market is often difficult to figure out and can sometimes distract them with random noise and mixed signals. It doesn’t matter whether you’re just starting out as a trader or are a seasoned pro: Sometimes the hardest part is finding trade candidates. Identifying large trades could help you find setups on a chart.

Gain additional insight by understanding how big trades are moving the stock market

Learn what the large traders are doing from the Trade Flash gadget on thinkorswim®.