For Active Traders

Maximize your potential as a trader using cutting-edge technology and advanced trading resources. Propel your trading decisions. Zero in on in-depth market analysis and identify opportunities with real-time data and customizable tools.

Platforms designed to meet your needs

Advanced Dashboard

Keep up with market trends, create charts, compare stock performance, and more with one platform—Advanced Dashboard. 

Advanced Dashboard charting is powered by TradingView—supercharging traders with over 100 built-in technical indicators. Customize its interface and charts including Renko, Kagi, Point and Figure to suit your investing ideas and style. 


Active Trader

Our most powerful trading platform yet, designed for active traders. Leverage multi-legged options strategies and benefit from streaming market data, advanced charting, and robust feature sets—all personalized and fully customizable.


Explore other platforms

Check out the unique features of our other platforms. You don't need experience to use WebBroker or the TD app to invest or trade in North American stock markets. 

Partial shares are now available at TD Direct Investing

Diversify your portfolio with partial shares. Pick the stock, decide how much you want to invest through trading by the dollar amount vs. the number of shares, and make a trade. Maximizing your investing budget has never been this simple.  

Educational resources for traders

Expand your expertise with this collection of articles, videos, masterclasses and more. You'll find educational resources catering to investors of any skill level. 

How to get started as a day trader

In this webinar, day trader Shay from the Humbled Trader shares her personal journey learning how to day trade profitably over several years.


  • John Bollinger, a well-known technical trader, introduced Bollinger Bands. Bollinger Bands can be used in technical analysis to show the highs and lows in the price of a security over a period. The bands show positive and negative changes of the Simple Moving Average (SMA) of a stock's price.

  • The Volatility Index (VIX) measures the expected volatility of the stock market. It is one of the most recognized indicators of expected market volatility and is widely followed as a daily market indicator.

  • Watch trading patterns unfold in real time and draw directly on the chart to help you identify potential entry or exit opportunities. In this video, we show you the many ways to customize a chart and how to use the platform's drawing tools.


Pick your path

Take a gradual approach to investing if active trading isn't the right fit for you. Here are other ways you can embrace the world of investing.

  • I'm a new investor

    Demystify investing and help me get started.

  • I'm an experienced investor

    I know how to invest on my own, but I'm not an active trader. Show me feature-rich platforms and resources to help me level up my investing game. 

Funding your account

Once you’ve opened a TD Direct Investing account, you can use EasyWeb or the TD app to transfer funds to it.

  • 1

    Go to the Transfers & Withdrawals section of EasyWeb

    Pick the option that suits your transfer, then select the Between My TD Accounts tab. 

  • 2

    Fill in the transfer details

    Pick your accounts, enter the amount, then select Continue.

  • 3

    Review your transfer

    Review the details and select Confirm Transfer to complete the transaction or Back to make changes.

Once you've opened a cash account, you can instantly transfer2 up to your daily limit from your account(s) at other banks using Interac e-transfer.

Instantly transfer money from another bank using Interac e-Transfer®

  • 1

    Go to the Transfers & Withdrawals section of WebBroker

    Select the From Outside TD tab.

  • 2

    Fill in the transfer details

    Select the account you wish to transfer to, the amount and your email—then hit Continue.

  • 3

    Select your bank

    Select the bank you wish to collect the funds from and hit Accept Request.

  • 4

    Complete funding

    Sign into the bank account where the funds are coming from and complete the transaction.

Transferring an account from another brokerage?

You could be reimbursed for any fees—up to $150—when you transfer your accounts from another brokerage to TD Direct Investing.3 To find out more, call our Investment Representatives – Monday to Friday 7 am to 9 pm ET at 1-800-465-5463.

Frequently asked questions

For online or mobile trades, active traders who place more than 150 trades per quarter qualify for special pricing of $7 per trade, plus an additional $1.25 per contract for options trades.4.

Otherwise, a commission of $9.99 per trade5 applies, plus an additional $1.25 per contract for options trades.

Read more about pricing here.


TD Advanced Dashboard is the next generation of trading technology that can help you spot market opportunities and seize them. Check out Advanced Dashboard's cutting-edge features. 


Stock screeners and technical indicators can help reduce the time and effort put into identifying stocks. With the in-depth research these tools provide, you can help analyze the market more carefully. Our webinars have more on this topic.



Open an account online – it's fast and easy

Whether you're new to self-directed investing or an experienced trader, we welcome you.

  • Apply online

    It's easy to open a cash, margin, RSP, or TFSA account.

  • Call us

    We're here for you. Monday to Friday, 7 am to 10 pm ET

    1-800-465-5463 1-800-465-5463
  • Book an appointment

    Let's chat, face-to-face at a TD location convenient to you.


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