Keep thinkorswim, add QuantWheel. Connect your Schwab account and your positions sync to one chart with GEX, flow and your indicators, and have the AI build an indicator you describe. Turn your own strategy into an AI agent that trades for you, sell it, or buy another trader's proven strategy. Join the waitlist.
QuantWheel vs thinkorswim
GEX and Flow Next to thinkorswim for Your Schwab Positions
Keep thinkorswim and add QuantWheel. Connect your Schwab account, and your positions sync to one chart with GEX, flow and your indicators.
$1 for 7 days • Cancel anytime • 14-day money-back guarantee
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Who it suits
The short answer
- QuantWheel
Choose QuantWheel if you
- want your whole Wheel or day trading workflow on one chart, with GEX, flow and your indicators
- want your Schwab positions synced to one chart with GEX and flow
- want the AI to build an indicator you describe, then use or sell it
- thinkorswim
Choose thinkorswim if you
- want a free platform from Schwab, on desktop, web and mobile
- want to write your own studies with thinkScript and practice with paperMoney
Side by side
QuantWheel vs thinkorswim features and pricing
| Feature | QuantWheel | thinkorswim |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Analyze, trade and automate on one chart | Trading stocks, ETFs, options and futures at Schwab, on desktop, web and mobile |
| AnalyzeAnalyze markets | ||
| Analyze on the chart | GEX, heatmap, Vanna and options flow on the same chart (flow on major tickers, Quant plan) | Its own charts and drawing tools, on desktop, web and mobile |
| Indicators | 100+ indicators, or describe your own to the AI and it builds it | 400+ technical studies on desktop, plus thinkScript to write your own |
| Journal | Trades synced from your broker into a journal | No trade journal named on its thinkorswim page |
| TradePlace a trade | ||
| Find the trade | Calls and puts to sell, filtered by days, delta and yield | Stock Hacker scans and screeners using fundamental, technical and option data, plus watchlists |
| Trade from the chart | Order ticket on the chart, sent to your broker | Place trades in thinkorswim from your Schwab account |
| Brokers | One chart for all your accounts. 15+ brokers connect, 10+ of them place trades | Your Schwab account, which connects to QuantWheel |
| AutomateAutomate trading | ||
| Alerts and AI | Alerts for prices, wheels and saved searches. Connect your AI, like Claude or ChatGPT, to live GEX through the GEX MCP | thinkScript to build your own order execution and strategy testing algorithms |
| Copy trading | Buy another trader's proven strategy and let it trade for you. Join the waitlist | No copy trading named on its thinkorswim page |
| AI trading agents | Turn your own strategy into an AI agent that trades for you. Join the waitlist | No bots or agents that place trades named on its thinkorswim page |
| MarketplaceBuy or sell | ||
| Broker offers | Better trading conditions from brokers, at no additional fee | It is Schwab's own platform, with no offers at other brokers |
| Sell and earn | Sell your indicators and your AI agents. Join the AI agents waitlist | thinkScript studies you write for your own charts |
| PriceWhat it costs | ||
| Price | See the pricing page. Quant plan $0 a month with a TradeStation account that meets the offer's 2 monthly requirements. TradeStation pays QuantWheel for these accounts. | $0 platform and $0 online stock commissions, options $0.65 per contract |
| Trial and refund | 7-day $1 trial and 14 days money-back on the first full payment, see pricing | Free for Schwab clients, a 30-day Guest Pass for people without an account |
thinkorswim facts come from Schwab's thinkorswim page (schwab.com/trading/thinkorswim) and its thinkorswim desktop page (schwab.com/trading/thinkorswim/desktop), read 9 November 2026. Options trading at Schwab has account minimums and other requirements. The journal, copy trading, AI trading agents and broker offers rows come from the same thinkorswim page, read 10 November 2026. Check their page for today's price.
Fair view
Where thinkorswim is stronger
- Free with a Schwab account, on desktop, web and mobile, for stocks, ETFs, options and futures.
- thinkScript for custom studies, plus the Learning Center, Schwab Coaching and paperMoney practice.
Stay with thinkorswim alone if it already gives you everything you use.
QuantWheel
Everything on one chart
Analyze
See gamma exposure (GEX), flow, Vanna and your indicators on the chart you trade from.
Trade
Your Schwab positions sync to the chart, and you place Schwab trades in thinkorswim. 15+ brokers connect, so one chart covers all your accounts, and 10+ of them place trades from the chart.
Automate
Turn your own strategy into an AI agent that trades for you, sell it, or buy another trader's proven strategy. Join the waitlist. Describe an indicator to the AI and it builds it.
Trust
Safety, data, team and offers
- Your money stays at your broker. QuantWheel never holds it.
- In the app, real-time options prices are licensed from OPRA.
- Built by leaders from Microsoft and MongoDB, and a TradeLocker founder.
- TradeStation pays QuantWheel for accounts on its $0 Quant plan offer (see the Price row).
Try it
Try QuantWheel next to thinkorswim
Try the demo
Explore the chart with sample data, no broker connection required. Open a ticker you follow in thinkorswim.
Start the 7-day trial
Connect your broker and use QuantWheel next to thinkorswim for 7 days for $1. Cancel anytime, with 14 days money-back on the first full payment.
FAQ
No, it works next to thinkorswim. Keep thinkorswim and add QuantWheel for GEX, flow and your indicators on one chart.
thinkorswim is a $0 platform with $0 online stock commissions and $0.65 per options contract, on Schwab's thinkorswim page read 9 November 2026. Options trading at Schwab has account minimums and other requirements. Check its page for today's price. QuantWheel is billed on its own and starts with a 7-day $1 trial and 14 days money-back on the first full payment, see the pricing page.
No. Connect your Schwab account to QuantWheel and keep using thinkorswim. Your account stays at Schwab.
Not today. Schwab connects to sync your positions, so you place Schwab trades in thinkorswim. The broker list in the Marketplace shows which brokers place trades from the chart.
Yes. Keep thinkorswim and your thinkScript studies, and use the QuantWheel chart to see GEX, flow and your indicators before you trade, and have the AI build any indicator you describe. The free GEX calculator shows a ticker's levels before you pay for anything.
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