Trading Stocks with Advanced Orders

Combine orders, program trades and set stop parameters

Trading stocks is more convenient with the advanced order tools.

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Conditional Orders
Combine two or three individual orders that will, if filled, either cancel or trigger additional orders. Available for both stocks and single-legged option orders (in options-approved accounts).
Options 360
Identify potential trading opportunities by scanning options that meet your criteria or view our extensive volatility analysis section. Enter and execute multi-legged options strategies, then track, manage and align your portfolio.
Trade Triggers™ | More about Trade Triggers
Set the conditions for an alert or order in advance. When your conditions are met, you'll receive an email alert or your order will be submitted automatically, up to six months from when the trigger is set.
Trailing Stops
Maximize and protect profits, limit losses and minimize risk. Enter orders with a stop parameter that creates a moving or "trailing" activation price.8 Available in SnapTicket™ and through Trade Ticket within Command Center 2.0.
Two-Legged Option Chains
Retrieve information about the options that make up specific two-legged option strategies and trade them more rapidly from the two-legged option chain (options-approved accounts only). A single click on a natural spread bid or offer takes you to a populated complex option trade ticket.

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Market volatility, volume and system availability may delay account access and trade executions.

Options involve risk and are not suitable for everyone as the special risks inherent to options trading may expose investors to potentially rapid and substantial losses. Prior to engaging in trades involving options, you should carefully read Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options. Option trading privileges in your account subject to TD AMERITRADE review and approval. Not all account-owners will qualify.

Sufficient funds or positions required when Trade Triggers orders activate.

A trailing stop order will not guarantee an execution at or near the activated trailing stop price. Once activated, they compete with other incoming market orders.