Keeping your trading platforms on the cutting edge.
Schwab's enhancements reflect our ongoing commitment to providing an innovative trading experience.
Our platforms and tools are award-winning—and we intend to keep it that way.
At Schwab, it's our goal to give clients a truly best-in-class trading experience. Through our ongoing commitment to innovation and by listening to the needs of our clients, we are regularly enhancing the features and functionality of our trading platforms. Explore some of the latest examples below.
Options Chain power and increased customization
Options Chain
Easier to use and more customizable than ever, the Options Chain on Schwab.com and Schwab Mobile now allows you to:
- Efficiently identify and trade single- and multi-leg options strategies.
- Add, remove, and rearrange data points.
- Filter by strike price and expiration date.
- Set default page display settings.
Order status
Customize and add new data to order status on Schwab.com:
- Add, remove, and rearrange your columns.
- Change your filter, sort, and condensed view preferences and make them your new default setting.
- Add new data points, including Mark Price, Day Range, and 52 Week Range.
Also, filter and sort your orders on Schwab Mobile.
Streaming quotes
Indices update automatically on Research pages, so you no longer need to refresh or toggle between timeframes—on Schwab.com and Schwab Mobile.
Symbol Snapshot
On Schwab.com Research pages, get a convenient view of essential details and interactive charts for a security without navigating away from the page.
Closing orders from positions
Manage your positions more easily with convenient new actions—including Sell All for equities and Close and Roll for options—on Schwab.com and Schwab Mobile.
Custom positions table
Add, remove, and rearrange up to 30 columns of quotes, positions, and fundamental data points with this new table view on the Positions page on Schwab Mobile.
The thinkorswim® suite of platforms now has more power and flexibility
Positions on charts
Easily visualize an open equity or options position when viewing a chart. When enabled, a horizontal line will appear indicating the trade price or strike price—on all thinkorswim platforms.
Option chain gadget
View the option chain and a chart at the same time with this Charts feature on thinkorswim desktop.
Index monitor
Monitor indices throughout the day with a rotating chart and quote carousel at the top of the Charts feature on thinkorswim web.
Analyst ratings
View analyst reports and ratings for your positions on thinkorswim mobile.
Money movement
Conveniently add funds to your account using the remote check deposit feature on thinkorswim mobile.
Walk Limit™ orders
Automatically aim to execute at a more favorable price than initially set for single- or multi-leg options trades with Walk Limit on all thinkorswim platforms.
Already using thinkorswim?
Get details on our latest recent enhancements in the Release Notes.
To view them for thinkorswim desktop, go to the Learning Center. To view them for thinkorswim mobile, navigate to the Message Center from the app.
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Have a question?
For questions about anything from getting set up to mastering specific tools, talk to a trading specialist at 800-435-9050 or use the chat feature in your Schwab trading platform.
Review previous enhancements
- Streaming market data on trade tickets and watchlists via web and mobile, keeping clients informed of the latest market moves in real-time.
- A new All-in-One Trade Ticket, which includes several new features, including the ability to enter up to eight stock or ETF orders at once, a quick view of recently searched symbols, and the addition of extended hours to order timing choices.
- SnapTicket®, an order ticket that allows clients to enter orders directly from the Schwab.com pages they visit most frequently as part of their trading workflow. Clients can access SnapTicket with a single click on the right side of several commonly visited Schwab.com pages, including Order status, Positions, Balances, Transaction history, Research, and the Account summary page.
- New conditional order choices to help automate risk management and profit-taking strategies with the ability to set conditions for entering and exiting trades.
- New and enhanced "Good 'til Canceled" (GTC) order types, including new GTC + extended hours that includes both regular and extended hours trading sessions. Additionally, for all GTC order types, clients can select a specific time-in-force date from one to 180 calendar days.
- Select clients can see a Day Trade Counter that displays the number of day trades executed in the last five trading days and offers information about restrictions and the implications of being identified as a Pattern Day Trader.
- Completely redesigned Watchlists featuring a simplified interface that makes it easier to build, edit, and delete watchlists. Clients can now create and save up to 50 watchlists with up to 300 symbols per watchlist.
- Orders on the Order Status page can now be filtered by Status, Date Range, and Security Type. Orders can also be sorted by Symbol, Status, and Time & Date columns by clicking on those columns.
- Streaming market data on trade tickets and watchlists via web and mobile, keeping clients informed of the latest market moves in real-time.
- A new All-in-One Trade Ticket, which includes several new features, including the ability to enter up to eight stock or ETF orders at once, a quick view of recently searched symbols, and the addition of extended hours to order timing choices.
- New conditional order choices to help automate risk management and profit-taking strategies with the ability to set conditions for entering and exiting trades.
- New and enhanced “Good ‘til Canceled” (GTC) order types, including new GTC + extended hours that includes both regular and extended hours trading sessions. Additionally, for all GTC order types, clients can select a specific time-in-force date from one to 180 calendar days.
- Completely redesigned Watchlists featuring a simplified interface that makes it easier to build, edit, and delete watchlists. Clients can now create and save up to 50 watchlists with up to 300 symbols per watchlist.
- Orders on the Order Status page can now be filtered by Status, Date Range, and Security Type. Orders can also be sorted by Symbol, Status, and Time & Date columns by clicking on those columns.
- Read the Release Notes in the thinkorswim Learning Center for details about previously enhanced features on thinkorswim desktop. To view them for thinkorswim mobile, navigate to the Message Center from the app.