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The ThinkScript Playbook
40 Tested ThinkorSwim Indicators, Scans, Watchlist Columns, and Strategy Scripts
40 copy-paste ThinkScript codes with every line explained, so you can customize instead of just consuming.
Who it’s for: ThinkorSwim users who want custom indicators, scans and columns without learning to code from scratch.
What’s inside
- You don't need to be a programmer to write ThinkScript — you need 10 patterns and a cheat sheet
- A watchlist column that flags relative volume over 2x turns 200 tickers into 5 worth watching
- Copy-paste is fine; copy-paste-understand is a superpower
- The 5-line script that paints pre-market highs/lows on every chart automatically
- Most forum scripts fail for one fixable reason: the aggregation period
- Build a scanner that finds the squeeze BEFORE the alert services tweet it
Written for the moment when: ThinkScript looks like a foreign language; copying random scripts from forums that don't work; wanting a scan that matches MY strategy.
Questions this book answers
Free, in full, on this site.
- Why does my thinkorswim scan return no results?
- Why do my thinkorswim scan results differ from what I see on the chart?
- What causes TooComplexException in thinkorswim and how do I fix it?
- How do I build a premarket gap scanner in thinkorswim?
- How do I build a relative volume (or premarket volume) watchlist column in thinkorswim?
- How do I scan for a candlestick pattern (engulfing, pin bar) in thinkorswim?
- How do I color-code a custom watchlist column in thinkorswim?
- Why does my thinkorswim scan return signals from hours ago? (within vs offset)
- What does 'secondary aggregation period is not allowed' mean in thinkorswim?
- Why does ChatGPT write ThinkScript that doesn't compile?
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