Is anyone actually making money using Think or Swim?

Discussion in 'Trading' started by mktrdr, Jul 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM.

  1. mktrdr

    mktrdr

    The only reason I can think of why Schwab keeps ThinkorSwin in because people make less zero commission trades and Schwab gets to invest unused cash balances.
     
  2. newwurldmn

    newwurldmn

    but hedge funds use it and have other sources of alpha to offset the issues with TOs. You said it. You are the profitable trader.
     
  3. mktrdr

    mktrdr

    I never said hedge funds use it. Someone else did. I said if they do they likely have other edges to offset TOS drawbacks.
     
  4. albion

    albion

    Yes. But I'm primarily a (now retired) investor who dabbles in swing trading and options. I like TOS compared to other interfaces I have played with; IBKR is somewhat preferable, but I liked TD Ameritrade better at the time and dropped my IB account. It could be a lot worse... go try Fidelity's Active Trader. In any case, reviews are generally worthless... create an account and try it out.
     
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  5. newwurldmn

    newwurldmn

    stat arb isn’t market making. You would know that with your decades of experience.
     
  6. demoncore

    demoncore


    He's in prison for homicide. Berkeley shooting.
     
  7. demoncore

    demoncore


    "market making" dude thinks it's something other than making a two-sided market. Dirt floors and cabbage.
     
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  8. newwurldmn

    newwurldmn

    seriously? The guy who claimed he was an-nfl player and owned like 6 fighter jets?
     
  9. demoncore

    demoncore


    Yeah. Hosea Askew. I talked to local LE at the time. The guy who posted a Embraer jet pic as his own. We ran the tail number and it was owned by a TX driller.
     
  10. demoncore

    demoncore

    He obv left the scene and there was a tense moment when he wouldn't leave the house, but he eventually told cops he had gone to the bank to deposit cash for trading. IIRC the story is on the local paper's site. Lived in Antioch CA (ugh). They charged the wife as well but they eventually dropped the charges against her.

    "NFL player" Hosea is 5'7" and 170lbs. Clearly a top OL.