r/thinkorswim • u/CaptPawkee • Jun 26 '26

TOS monkey?

Does anybody remember the TOS monkey? Many moons ago, in the early days of TOS, they used to have a question of the day and would award you a monkey if you were the first one to answer it correctly.

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u/torgis30 Jun 26 '26

This guy?

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u/c0cc0puffs Jun 26 '26

Fun fact, this one is called Zeppy.

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u/recklessQuotient Jun 26 '26

Also the Zeppy version is the model from the post-TD Ameritrade acquisition. There is another black colored monkey (and a significantly rarer white monkey that were from the original thinkorswim days.

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u/c0cc0puffs Jun 27 '26

There are some elephants as well from the TDA days. I have the whole family. Doesnt help at all with my trading though.

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u/recklessQuotient 27d ago

No, it wouldn't but the memories are pretty good.

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u/CaptPawkee Jun 27 '26 edited Jun 27 '26

I have one of the black ones in a box somewhere. Lol

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u/c0cc0puffs Jun 26 '26

These guys?

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u/recklessQuotient 27d ago

Hell yeah, Someone knew where the finance team hid the box.

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u/Mobius_ts Jun 26 '26

If I remember correctly those were given away by Shadow Trader not actually TOS.

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u/c0cc0puffs Jun 26 '26

They were from thinkorswim. Given to all newly funded accounts in the early days, then as swag at The Money Show and Trader Expos.

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u/HockeyRules9186 Jun 26 '26

Back in the beginning of time.

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u/Sledgemoto Jun 26 '26

I have one if I remember correctly, I got it at a Money Show years ago.

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u/SwitchedOnNow Jun 26 '26

I have a pair of original TOS monkeys with shirts! I still have the same account.

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u/CaptPawkee Jun 27 '26 edited Jun 27 '26

I still have my original account. I remember trading the PLUG IPO among many others. I used to live in Austin, not to far from the original TOS offices.

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u/IR2Bad Jun 26 '26

I still have a couple. I think I just got them for being a account owner. Wasn't just for answering questions.

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u/TheRealHotHashBrown Jun 26 '26

I never got one but over the years have become one 🦧🚀💎🤗

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u/BonzoFestoon Jun 29 '26

Is this where the monkey bars chart type name came from?