Beta setup
TickerOps Setup Guide
A straight path from download to first routed ticker: install, activate, confirm OCR, calibrate brokers, choose monitors, and arm routing.
What Good Setup Looks Like
Use these reference panels while setting up. The green callouts show the parts testers should click, confirm, or leave extra room around.
Install
- Download the current beta package.
- Extract the zip file to a normal local folder.
- Right-click TickerOps.exe.
- Choose Run as administrator.
- Approve the Windows permission prompt.
TickerOps opens stopped. Nothing routes until your license is active and routing is armed.
Activate
- Open the Help tab.
- Paste your beta license key.
- Click Activate.
- Confirm the license card shows active.
Saved keys are masked after activation, so users can switch keys without exposing the full license key.
OCR Check
TickerOps checks OCR requirements at startup. OCR powers scanner, static click, and chat reading.
- If OCR is missing, open Help.
- Find OCR Engine.
- Click Install OCR.
- Restart TickerOps after installing.
- Click Recheck OCR.
Broker Setup
Open Thinkorswim, Webull, or both before arming routing.
Thinkorswim
Open the chart or ticker field you want TickerOps to control. Keep the target window visible.
Webull
Open the chart tab you want to control, then use Routes to save up to six chart locations.
When clicking inside one broker, TickerOps should route to the other broker instead of changing the broker you clicked.
Monitor Setup
- Open the Monitors tab.
- Click Refresh.
- Disable any monitor TickerOps should ignore.
- Click Identify to show monitor numbers on screen.
Disabled monitors are ignored for scanner, static, and chat reading.
Capture Zones
- Open Capture Zones.
- Click Create Region.
- Draw around the scanner or chat list with padding on every side.
- Name the region clearly, such as Top 20 Gainers.
- Save the region.
Do not make the box tight. Extend the capture region before the ticker column, past the last visible column, above the header, and below the final row.
Moving scanner and chat zones are handled differently from static pages, so capture zones matter.
Arm Routing
- Open Ops.
- Turn on Scanner, Static, and/or Chat.
- Open Routes and confirm your broker targets.
- Click Arm Routing.
When running, the button should show System Armed. Click Kill Routing to stop helper services.
Quick Test
- Open Thinkorswim and Webull.
- Arm routing.
- Click a ticker in a scanner region.
- Confirm the enabled broker chart changes.
- Click a ticker on a website or broker page with Static enabled.
- Confirm only the correct opposite broker changes when clicking inside a broker.
Troubleshooting
- License is locked
- Open Help, check the license, and reactivate if needed.
- OCR is missing
- Use Help > OCR Engine, install OCR, restart, then recheck.
- Webull routes to the top search bar
- Recalibrate the Webull chart location in Routes.
- Scanner clicks are wrong
- Refresh or recreate the capture zone and keep TickerOps from covering the scanner.
- Nothing routes
- Confirm the app is armed, the source checkbox is enabled, the broker is open, and the license is active.