Copy and paste a thinkorswim order

Move an order between platforms: send a scenario to a thinkorswim user as one line of text, or build a scenario from an order they posted.

Note

Copy supports options only, not shares, and is disabled until the scenario is priced. Paste one order at a time: text before BUY or SELL is ignored. AM-settled monthlies cannot be pasted, because the chain lists the weekly series.

Copy. Press Copy on a scenario. It puts a thinkorswim order line on the clipboard: a day limit order at the scenario’s net mark.

Paste.

1. Copy the order text from thinkorswim.
2. Press Paste (beside + Scenario), or ⌘V on a trade page (CtrlV on Windows) with no field focused.
3. Paste thinkorswim order opens. It reads the clipboard, and you can edit the text. It lists the legs and the price.
4. Click Add scenario. The legs go into the builder, or fill an empty, automatically named Scenario 1 when that is the active one.

The order’s symbol must match the builder’s. If Tented says the order is for another symbol, see Paste says the order is for another symbol.