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Hey everyone. This is Kirk here again from Option Alpha and welcome back to the daily call. Today, we’re going to be talking about why I believe you should trade on desktop and manage on mobile. I’ve said this a number of times, but actually, I think it’s a really good technique to use because as the brokerage industry continues to evolve and move towards more of a mobile friendly style and platform, I think it’s really important that you still make a lot of your trades on desktop especially if you’re a new trader. I don’t make that many trades on mobile. I like to manage a lot of my trades on my mobile phone using the Thinkorswim app or if you’re using a different broker, you can use their app. I think that managing on mobile is very, very easy. I can watch and monitor positions, enter and reenter GTC or closing orders. But when it comes to actually making trades that are added to the portfolio, I still prefer to do that on desktop and I think that in many cases, desktop allows you to get a better sense of w