So you may or may not know that it is fairly easy to have real time equity, option and futures data populate into an excel spreadsheet, by using the export to Excel from TOS and Pasting into a blank Excel spread sheet.

The way it was explained to me is that the processing power of Excel is greater than most trading software and since indicators are simply math equations, using excel to generate numeric versions of a chart indicator is simply a matter of writing the equation...

So the question, if any of you'all have any experience with this, how do you:

1.) Execute a trade with order specifics
2.) Set targets and stops
3.) Manage a position

Thanks in advance. Good trading to you all.

Trade using excel? I can't see how this could make taking trades any easier.
I am probably missing something here.
Can you send me an example file?

RTD (real time data) is a one way Communication method from thinkorswim into excel. It has many uses some of which you listed, others you may not have considered such as storing data or running calculations that would be difficult in thinkscript. You cannot submit orders using real time data. You must execute orders in the thinkorswim platform Itself. TD Ameritrade does offer other execution methods through it’s API service, but that is not Real time data with excel.

I have been wanting to export some data to excel from TOS for backtesting purposes. Specifically, I'd like to know the probability of hitting my profit target. Even so, I don't think you can apply previous years to the new post COVID-19 markets, but it would still be good data to have whenever this volatility drops. I actually developed callouses from typing so much collecting data. Well that and watching the interest rate all the damn time, lol. I've decided to get a second screen, which should decrease my clicking back and forth.