January 13, 2020

A Quick Tutorial For Options Orders Execution

There are countless options trading platforms.  This is not an endorsement one way or the other of the Think Or Swim platform, but many of our students use this platform so I wanted to do a quick, basic tutorial.  This is by no means meant to be a comprehensive lesson, but a nice starting point.  For more complex questions, I highly encourage you to refer to the Think Or Swim Support/Chat.  That can be accessed by clicking on the Support/Chat button in the upper right corner of your main TOS window.

 

about the author:

Mike Shorr

Since 1994, Michael has been an on-the-floor market maker, Vice-President of Interest Rate Derivatives for Knight Financial Products and Director of Education and Options Instructor at Trading Advantage. He makes the oftentimes complex world of options and trading accessible to the novice and advanced trader alike. Michael has a Bachelor of Science degree in Statistics and Finance from the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana. He presently is Director, Trader Education at ProsperTradingAcademy.

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