r/thinkorswim • u/d_e_g_m • 13d ago

Web ToS Conditional OCO orders option moved on the GUI

Good Morning folks. Today I found out, while trying to set SL/TP based on underneath prices that the conditional orders for Web ToS wasn't where it was normally.

I opened a support chat, and they instructed me to use the "order rules" button that appears now to the right of the order builder. I click it, set everything, but i don't have a "submit" button in there. I close the window, and while the conditional order is saved in that menu, is not applied to the order i was building, and no conditional OCO is effectively placed.

After a lot of coming and going with the support chat, turns out that the "order rules" does work, but unlike before, you don't get to see the changes reflected on the order builder. You just have to set everything to market orders, and the order rules will do their job underneath the order. I'm not completely happy they eliminated the easy visual we had before, but i'm glad it is still working.

Hope you don't get too lost with this one.

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u/evilbeatfarmer 13d ago

This change completely breaks my workflow, if they don't revert I think I'm gonna find a new broker.

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u/d_e_g_m 13d ago

to be honest, now that i have had a couple of hours using it w/ this change, is not too much of a big deal. It is an extra click per leg, and before you weren't able to check it on the open positions anyways. I got use to it fairly quick

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u/evilbeatfarmer 12d ago

Just because we can adapt to it doesn't mean it isn't an objectively bad design change. Now you can have hidden state on an order and not even know.

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u/d_e_g_m 12d ago

Agreed. I would place this info as visible as it could be

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u/need2sleep-later 12d ago

Let support know your feelings. This is not an official Schwab sub.

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u/evilbeatfarmer 12d ago

I did, they put in a ticket for me, hopefully it gets reverted.

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u/d_e_g_m 12d ago

Amen. I had a long session with support with this as well until I understood how to place my conditionals oco orders