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Buying Stocks for Beginners

From square one to your first trade: This video will teach you what a stock is, what to consider when trading, and how to actually place the trade on schwab.com.

September 22, 2023

Your Guide to Penny Stocks

Learn about the risks of penny stocks and speculative stock investments and how this market works.

September 20, 2023

Pattern Day Trading Rule

Watch to learn about the pattern day trading rule, what constitutes a day trade, and how to comply with the rule.

September 18, 2023

What Stock Volume Means

Volume tells how many shares are publicly traded on a particular day. It can also confirm the trend and buy signal, warn of potential trend changes, and help track the smart money.

September 11, 2023

Market updates

Schwab Market Update: Opening

Schwab Center for Financial Research
September 29, 2023

Schwab Market Update: Closing

Schwab Center for Financial Research
September 29, 2023

Weekly Trader's Outlook

Randy Frederick
September 29, 2023
Dan Sweeney

Looking to the Futures

Dan Sweeney
September 29, 2023
Nathan Peterson

Today's Options Market Update

Nathan Peterson
September 28, 2023

thinkorswim basics

Intro to thinkorswim® Desktop

Welcome to thinkorswim®. In this video we'll provide a high-level tour of the most commonly used features of the thinkorswim trading platform.

August 28, 2023

Set Up thinkorswim® for Stocks

In this tutorial, we'll demonstrate ways to set up the thinkorswim® desktop platform for stock trading.

August 28, 2023

Set Up thinkorswim® for Options

How to customize the thinkorswim® desktop platform especially for options—streamlining the option chain based on your trading style, setting up custom options screeners, and more.

August 28, 2023

thinkorswim® Web Overview

In this tutorial, we'll take a tour of the thinkorswim® web platform and show you how to get started.

August 28, 2023

Options trading for beginners

Gamma Explained

As stock options get closer to expiration, options prices can change quickly. Understanding options gamma could help traders better manage their stock options positions.

September 01, 2023

Credit vs. Debit Spreads

When deciding between trading credit spreads or debit spreads, it can be helpful to align the options strike prices and expirations with the level and direction of implied volatility.

September 01, 2023

Vertical Spreads Risk & Reward

When trading vertical options spreads, the maximum risk and profit potential are defined and relatively straightforward to calculate. Here's how to assess the risk parameters.

September 01, 2023

Weekly Stock Options

Learn how weekly stock options can potentially help option traders target their exposure to market events, such as earnings releases or economic announcements.

August 31, 2023

Vertical Options Spreads

Learn about vertical credit and debit spreads, why they're used, and how option traders can potentially incorporate them in their trades.

August 31, 2023

A guide to futures and forex

7 Futures Trading Tips

Here are seven strategies to help you improve your futures trading knowledge.

June 21, 2023

Catching up on Commodities

Prices for corn, cattle, oil and other commodities will have an impact on your summer cookout and vacation plans. Here's the latest.

June 16, 2023

Investing Basics: Futures

Gain a better understanding of futures trading and learn about the risks and benefits of leverage.

May 02, 2023

Trading Futures vs. Stocks

Stocks and futures both trade on exchanges, but that's where the similarities end. Futures contracts expire on a set date and can be traded using much more leverage.

April 26, 2023

Trading with technical analysis

What Stock Volume Means

Volume tells how many shares are publicly traded on a particular day. It can also confirm the trend and buy signal, warn of potential trend changes, and help track the smart money.

September 11, 2023

Avoiding Tech Analysis Issues

Learn to avoid the three pitfalls of technical analysis and analyzing price patterns: impatience, inflexibility, and tunnel vision.

September 11, 2023

Drawing Charts on thinkorswim®

Learn how to add drawings in charts, draw trendlines, price levels, and Fibonacci retracements to help you identify trend as well as support and resistance.

September 11, 2023

What's new in stock trading

Buying Stocks for Beginners

From square one to your first trade: This video will teach you what a stock is, what to consider when trading, and how to actually place the trade on schwab.com.

September 22, 2023

Q4 Outlook: A Delicate Balance

The Federal Reserve weighs the data while investors wonder: Is the rate-hike cycle over?

September 20, 2023


Will Rising Debt Slow Growth?

Over the past 70 years, rising government debt generally has been accompanied by weaker economic activity. But it's not a simple relationship.

September 20, 2023

Investing Basics: Stocks

Stocks are one of the most common investments. Learn what stocks are, the risks associated with them, and the role they can play in an investment portfolio.

September 19, 2023

Pattern Day Trading Rule

Watch to learn about the pattern day trading rule, what constitutes a day trade, and how to comply with the rule.

September 18, 2023

Market Perspective: Tension

Competing narratives have emerged to describe the state of the U.S. economy.

September 15, 2023

Expand your options trading

Form 1099-B Reporting

Learn what cost basis is, where to find it on Form 1099-B, and what option traders might expect with their Form 1099-B.

September 20, 2023

Straddles vs. Strangles

Options straddles and strangles are a way for advanced traders to get exposure to volatility. Learn more about straddle and strangle options strategies.

September 01, 2023

Broken Wing Butterfly

Learn how to turn a long butterfly spread—typically initiated with a debit—into a credit spread by adjusting one of the wings, aka a "broken wing butterfly."

August 31, 2023

Strangles vs. Iron Condors

If volatility levels out after a spike and is expected to fall, this can potentially present opportunities to use selling strategies like strangles and iron condors.

August 30, 2023

Newest trading videos

Buying Stocks for Beginners

From square one to your first trade: This video will teach you what a stock is, what to consider when trading, and how to actually place the trade on schwab.com.

September 22, 2023

Your Guide to Penny Stocks

Learn about the risks of penny stocks and speculative stock investments and how this market works.

September 20, 2023

Pattern Day Trading Rule

Watch to learn about the pattern day trading rule, what constitutes a day trade, and how to comply with the rule.

September 18, 2023