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TD Ameritrade permissions explained

OptionRoller integrates with TD Ameritrade via a secured method. It is an industry standard protocol called “OAuth 2.0.” You will notice it is more secured and provide you the additional peace of mind, because OptionRoller does not ask you to provide your TD Ameritrade / thinkofswim login to us. Instead, OptionRoller temporarily sends you to

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Reflection on Option Trading during Independence Day weekend

Fourth of July, which celebrates U.S. Independence Day, also marks the beginning of our second half calendar year. This is a good time for us to do a little reflection on option trading. The first half of 2020 has been a new experience of most (if not all) of us, regardless of whether you are

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How to cancel my subscription

Have you ever had to deal with some of those online service, in which they are quick to ask you for your credit card, promise you “unconditional money back guarantee,” except when it is really time for you to cancel, you then realize their “support phone” does not really ring, their support team suddenly disappears,

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Why should I pay for OptionRoller Dashboard when the account statement is free?

You are not alone! We at OptionRoller also asked ourselves the same question: Why should we spend our time and effort to develop this dashboard, ask option traders to pay to use it, while all of us can simply get on the TD Ameritrade online portal to get the transactions? We are not trying to

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What are OptionRoller’s security measures?

OptionRoller combines usability and security into a single platform. We have made quite a few posts around how easy to read our dashboard already, for this post we will focus on explaining the security measures we have put in place. Security Socket Layer (SSL) When you arrive to our website, https://optionroller.com/, you will notice that

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How to Login to OptionRoller

You will notice that when you login to your OptionRoller Dashboard, we actually do not ask you to create or maintain a login username or password with us. That is because OptionRoller integrates with the TD Ameritrade platform via the secured OAuth 2.0 protocol. It may seem confusing at first, but we are sure you

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Reading a TD Ameritrade thinkorswim report

The team at OptionRoller is not just a bunch of software engineers and UX / UI designers, but we also possess a very unique skill set combination, which is we are also option traders, and some of us are long term and current TD Ameritrade customers. We are all very used to reading the account

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How to sign up on my mobile device – Part 2

Recap: In the previous post, we walked through Part 1 which we completed the PayPal subscription on your mobile device. Now, let’s continue with the TD Ameritrade account permission granting. TD Ameritrade Account Permission Walk Through Here is the screen shot of where we left off, it actually spells out the remaining steps in Step

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How to sign up on my mobile device – Part 1

It is very simple to sign up for an OptionRoller subscription. In our other post, we have already covered how to sign up via your computer. Though, if you are a “mobile-first” option trader, we welcome that and provide you with a mobile-friendly way to sign up. Just like going through our regular website, there

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How to read the Dashboard

The OptionRoller Dashboard is designed to be clean and easy-to-understand. But in the event that our option terminology may be slightly different than yours, this post (which acts like a glossary too) can help clarify furthermore. Features There are several features within the OptionRoller Dashboard that you may want to pay attention to. The top

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