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Thinkorswim (TOS) Tutorial: How to set up My Tools Bar in Thinkorswim

October 5, 2016

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In this video tutorial, Guest Coach Brad May pulled together this how-to video about setting up a My Tools Bar on Thinkorswim.


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10 Replies to “Thinkorswim (TOS) Tutorial: How to set up My Tools Bar in Thinkorswim”

  1. Kody Potter says:

    Every little bit helps with learning more about TOS. Thanks Brad.

  2. Brad May says:

    You are welcome, my friend. Glad it helps.

  3. CHERYLGILMARTIN says:

    Thanks Brad very helpful.

  4. rolandc says:

    Thanks Brad this helps out a lot!

  5. Great video, Brad. You’re layout is inspiring. I was playing around with this feature, but can’t seem to figure out how to save Seasonality as a button. I can get seasonality up as a chart type, but then studies are disabled. Is there some kind of voodoo to save it as a button in the toolbar? Thanks for the help.

  6. Actually, I found it! If Seasonality is saved as a style set, it is then selectable under my tools. Thanks again for the tip. This will definitely help speed up some of my process.

  7. CHRISTYCAIN says:

    Thanks Brad, very helpful I was trying to see if I could add quick keys to drawing tools, but this is going to work just as well. Appreciate the help!

  8. Brad May says:

    Brandon, I did the same thing for seasonality. Save it as a style set. The one thing you have to watch out for is the need for a different button that has a chart type style because if you are on seasonality and try to change to just a different study set nothing will happen as it will still be on the seasonality style. Hope that makes sense.

  9. ScottMills says:

    Very Cool. Thanks Brad!

  10. IreneMar says:

    ok, ok. ok. This is exactly what I needed to get me started. Thank You! Every time I go to the TOS platform I get lost. Yes, I looked at some of the tutorials and then…lost them.
    I had to rewind several times to make sure I had the little symbols, but I do now. More ready to implement the practice with the theory now. Like the little engine here I go…I think I can…

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