Category Archives: FAQ

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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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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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 – Part 2

Recap: In the previous post, we walked through Part 1 which we completed the PayPal subscription. 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 1, 2, and 3.

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How to Sign Up – Part 1

It is very simple to sign up for an OptionRoller subscription. There are only 2 major steps that you need to go through, which are: Initiate a PayPal subscription to OptionRoller Grant OptionRoller permission to retrieve your TD Ameritrade transaction records OptionRoller suggests you have your TD Ameritrade login ready when you sign up for

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What is OptionRoller Dashboard?

OptionRoller Dashboard exists to solve a very simple problem: To provide a clean, simple dashboard for option traders to see how much they are making. First, let’s go over a few questions to see if you can take advantage of our service: Are you an option trader? Do you trade with TD Ameritrade thinkorswim platform?

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