Think or swim is available from TD Canada Trust bank as their platform from my understanding. And the fees are totally different. Not free and not cheap last I checked
They have been coming for years... haven't made it though Commission structure through TDA is awful Canadian & U.S. Stocks $7.00 flat Canadian & U.S. Options $7.00 + $1.25 per contract if you make over 150 trades/qtr
Thinkorswim is available in Canada, I've been using it for quite a few years. I must be grandfathered in.....my commissions are $5 per trade. Not great but I use the platform more for its charting capabilities as it's about a million times better than IB.
You obviously have little experience. IB's charts are shit...they're slow...lack lots of features and indicators. I dont mind the lack of features and indicators personally. For me the frustrations is in their speed and slow loading.
Completely agree. I have no idea why the platform doesn't store data after its already downloaded. Working with Sierra Charts in comparison is a breeze, even though I do use the IB data.
Obviously it means i have little experience LOL. do you have a side by side comparision? What features make the charts better? how fast does the data update on TWS vs IB?
That's bad. I wonder whether you could at least use the TOS paper account without funding it. Or maybe fund it and do one trade per quarter or so.