Our indicators are typically provided in a .zip file format, and if you extract the .ts file within, double-clicking on it may result in a QuickTime error. Since the indicator filetype is .ts, for ThinkScript, and since .ts files are typically video files, QuickTime is opened to try to play it. But QuickTime then gives an error because it's not a video file. Instead of double-clicking on the indicator to open it, you need to import it into thinkorswim from within the thinkorswim application.
Also, you'll want to make sure you're using the desktop application to install our indicators. You can find the Windows and Mac versions of the thinkorswim desktop application at the following link:
https://www.schwab.com/trading/thinkorswim/download
Here's how to import a downloaded BCT indicator into ThinkorSwim:
- Make sure that you have extracted the .ts file(s) from the downloaded zip file somewhere on your hard drive. That is, expand the zip file so that the enclosed .ts file(s) is stored in a folder, outside of the zip folder, perhaps in a temp directory. Mac users can't see file types, so look for the file with the indicator name in the zipped file. The name will likely have STUDY at the end of it. Make note of the location where you placed the .ts file.
- Open Thinkorswim, and from a chart, click Edit Studies (by clicking on the flask icon)
- In the Edit Studies dialog that appears, click on the Import... button beneath the list of installed indicators.
- A finder (file browser / selector) window should appear. Navigate to find where you extracted the .ts indicator file, select it, and click Open to import it into thinkorswim. Repeat to add other files if the zip file contained more than one study.
You should then have the indicator installed and be able to add it to a chart via the Edit Studies dialog. It should appear in the window to the left of that dialog. Double-click the name, or select it and click Add selected to add it to your chart.
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