TOS – Pasting an order into Thinkorswim

Copy a trade alert directly into the Order Entry from using the clipboard.

Copy and Paste a Trade Alert as an order into TOS.

Step 1

From the alerts window, find the order you want to copy.

Click and drag over the text of the order to highlight it.

If you copy extra spaces or text, the order will not paste into TOS correctly.

Right click on the highlighted text.

From the drop-down menu, left click on Copy.

Step 2

In TOS, click on the Order Entry Tools tab in the lower left of the main TOS window.

Step 3

Left click on the Paste order from clipboard button on the lower right side of the Order Entry sub-tab.

Step 4

The order from the clipboard will paste into TOS. Check your order prior to clicking on the Confirm and Send button.