Create, test and execute your stock trading strategy

StrategyDesk lets you create, test and execute your stock trading strategy — all using one powerful, downloadable desktop application. In just a few clicks, you can define strategy entry and exit rules, test your rules against historical market data and then activate them for live trading. You also get advanced charting and real-time screening capabilities to help you find, analyze and act on potential trading opportunities.

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Create custom entry and exit rules

The Alert Wizard offers more than 60 functions and technical indicators, enabling you to build custom entry and exit rules for your strategies. These rules can be based on simple events, such as a stock opening at a price above its previous close, or complex events involving technical indicators like MACD and Relative Strength Index.

Backtest your trading strategies

Test trading strategies against historical market data through StrategyDesk's backtesting feature.* See how your strategy might have worked in the past with a particular security or against large symbol lists. You can even rank multiple symbols and strategies based on past performance to quickly identify the potential combinations.

Enjoy the convenience of automated order entry

Take the emotion out of your trading decisions. Create alerts and establish trade orders to be triggered when specific market conditions or events are met.** StrategyDesk can enter orders in your account automatically or prompt you for confirmation and enhanced messaging lets you immediately view real-time position and order status updates.

Use advanced charting to help develop and analyze strategies

StrategyDesk's easy-to-understand charts can help you to identify potential trading signals based on popular technical indicators or your own custom studies. The color bars let you highlight events or patterns according to specified rules, while advanced drawing tools enable you to establish alerts and orders based on trend lines. You can even backtest your strategies on a chart to visualize possible entry and exit points.

Find potential trading opportunities

Identify potential trading opportunities in real time using powerful screeners that scan the market for symbols matching your specified conditions. With StrategyDesk, you can also rank symbols based on custom indicators to quickly narrow a large symbol list down to a few ideal trading candidates.

Experience all-in-one trading and analysis

StrategyDesk gives you all the trading and analysis tools you need in one powerful desktop platform. StrategyDesk empowers you to follow the market with Streaming News and Level I and II Quotes.^† Analyze and trade options with streaming Options Chains and find the most active securities with the Actives Tool.^†† Use Conditional Orders in the Trade Ticket or in combination with your alerts and strategies. Use the Strategy Trading Setup Module to combine alerts to build trading strategies. Manage alerts and strategies easily with the Alert Manager. Create and save multiple orders for repeated future use and place an order quickly and easily with a hot key to the Trade Ticket. Monitor positions and orders, and track account balances ... all from one convenient screen.

And so much more...

Free use of StrategyDesk as a TD AMERITRADE client
Help content with free in-depth webcasts, a demo and more
Innovative tools, such as the Formula Builder to help turn your trade ideas into formulas you can backtest or use for program trading
Comprehensive reference materials, including the User's Manual, Quick-Start Guide and Formula and Syntax Guide
Access to the StrategyDesk Help Center for questions on technical analysis and the latest features in StrategyDesk
A dedicated support team to help you get the most out of StrategyDesk

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

TD AMERITRADE does not recommend any security, strategy or course of action selected through the use of StrategyDesk. Past performance does not guarantee future results or success.

*Backtesting is the current testing of a particular trading strategy using historical data. Results presented are hypothetical, they did not actually occur and they may not take into consideration all transaction fees or taxes you would incur in an actual transaction. And just as past performance of a security does not guarantee future results, past performance of a strategy does not guarantee the strategy will be successful in the future. Results could vary significantly, and losses could result.

**In order for an alert to trigger or a programmed trade to be automatically entered when the conditions you set are met, your computer must be on and StrategyDesk must be running. You are responsible for all orders entered in your account when a program trade you set is activated. Please make sure you keep sufficient funds or positions in your account to support program trades.

†Subscription fees apply to Streaming News and NASDAQ Level II access. Access to real-time data is subject to acceptance of the exchange agreements. Professional access and fees differ. For details, see our Professional Rates & Fees.

††Options involve risks and are not suitable for all investors as the special risks inherent to options trading may expose investors to potentially rapid and substantial losses. Options trading privileges subject to TD AMERITRADE review and approval. Not all account owners will qualify. Please read Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options before investing in options.

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