User:Nasdack/Thinkorswim
Thinkorswim by TD Ameritrade (branded as "thinkorswim" and often referred to as "tos") is a trading platform for stock, options and futures traders.
Installation
While no official support exists for Arch Linux specifically, there is a broad installation approach for most Linux distributions.
Install zulu-11-binAUR before proceeding. On its download page, thinkorswim recommends Zulu OpenJDK 11 to run.
Download the thinkorswim installation script, or get it by following the instruction given in the official website.
Execute the script by running:
$ sh thinkorswim_installer.sh
When prompted, it is recommended to install thinkorswim into your /home/$USER/thinkorswim
directory to avoid permissions issues, rather than /opt/thinkorswim
.
Java environment versioning
Setting default environment
According to the official download page, thinkorswim needs zulu-11-binAUR to run, which can be set as default by executing
$ archlinux-java set zulu-11
Explicitly configuring non-default environment
In case it it's not desirable to set zulu-11-binAUR as default java environment, it's possible to directly edit the ~/thinkorswim/thinkorswim
startup shell script and provide path to JVM via environment variable INSTALL4J_JAVA_HOME_OVERRIDE
:
#!/bin/sh # Uncomment the following line to override the JVM search sequence INSTALL4J_JAVA_HOME_OVERRIDE=/usr/lib/jvm/zulu-11 # Uncomment the following line to add additional VM parameters # INSTALL4J_ADD_VM_PARAMS=
Configuration
Since thinkorswim is a Java application, creating a .desktop
file in /.local/share/applications
or /usr/share/applications
is recommended as it enables application indexing.
Here is an example configuration. Replace the $USER
parameter with your own username.
[Desktop Entry] Type=Application Name=thinkorswim GenericName=Trading platform Comment=Trading platform Icon=thinkorswim Exec=env app_java_home=/usr/lib/jvm/zulu-11 /home/$USER/thinkorswim/thinkorswim Path=/home/$USER/thinkorswim Terminal=false StartupNotify=true Categories=Java;
Troubleshooting
If thinkorswim hangs on "installing updates" when starting up, configuring the system with some additional name servers to the system, e.g. Google's name servers, may resolve the issue.