A TradingView account holds your paid plan and its billing, your chart layouts, indicators, alerts and watchlists. Whoever has your password can see and change all of it, or run up charges in your name. With 2FA on, TradingView also asks for the code from your authenticator. It recommends an app over text messages, which can arrive late or not at all in some countries.
Turn on two-factor authentication in TradingView
If you signed up with Google or another social account, TradingView needs a password first: click “Reset”, set a password with the link it emails you, then come back and click “Enable” again.
- Sign in at tradingview.com in Chrome on your computer.
- Open your profile → “Account Settings” and go to the “Privacy and Security” tab.
- Click “Enable” in the authentication app field.
- TradingView emails you a code — type or paste it into the dialog.
- A QR code appears: leave it on the screen, add it to the extension as described below, and paste the code from the extension into the field.
Add TradingView to Authenticator
- Install 2FA Authenticator from the Chrome Web Store and pin it to the toolbar, so its icon is one click away.
- Leave the TradingView page with the QR code open. Click the Authenticator icon, then “Add Account” → “QR Code” → “Scan QR from screen”.
- The account appears in the list with a six-digit code that changes every 30 seconds. Rename it if you like — the name is only for you.
- Go back to TradingView and type the current code into the confirmation field. If it is about to expire, wait for the next one.
- TradingView confirms that two-factor authentication is on. From now on it will ask for a code when you sign in — click the extension icon and copy it.
No QR code, or it will not scan? Look for the option to enter a key manually on TradingView’s setup screen, copy the key, and add it in the extension with “Add Account” → “Manual” → “Secret Key”.
Get 2FA Authenticator for Chrome — freeWrite down your TradingView backup codes
Once 2FA is on, TradingView generates backup codes. It asks you to write them down by hand and keep them somewhere safe — not to copy them or store them on your devices — and to click “I saved the codes.” only after that. They matter: TradingView says it cannot recover your account if you lose access to your 2FA codes. If the backup codes are lost or exposed, generate new ones.
The code is not accepted?
Most often the QR code changed: the website makes a new one each time its setup page is reloaded or opened again, so the account you added first no longer matches. Start the setup again, add the QR code that is on the screen now and type its code in straight away. Two entries for the same website? Use the newest. Other reasons: why codes are refused.
Typed the key in by hand? Paste it into the TOTP code generator and compare the code with the one in the extension. If they differ, the key was copied wrong — add the account again.
Questions
- Can I use TradingView 2FA without a phone?
- Yes. TradingView names phone apps like Google Authenticator and Authy, but all it checks is the code, and any standard authenticator produces it. The Authenticator extension reads the QR code off the TradingView dialog and generates the codes in Chrome.
- Text messages or an authenticator app?
- TradingView offers both and recommends the app: it calls apps more secure and reliable, and warns that text messages may not reach some countries or may arrive late.
- What if I lose my authenticator?
- Sign in with one of your backup codes and set 2FA up again. Without them, TradingView says it cannot recover the account — its “How to recover your account” article lists what can still be tried.
- Why does TradingView say my code is wrong?
- Usually the QR code changed: if the setup was opened again, TradingView made a new one, and the account you added first no longer matches. Add the QR code that is on the screen now and type its code in straight away. If you have two entries for TradingView, use the newest.
Your codes, one click from the login page
Authenticator keeps your 2FA codes in the browser, on your device only — free to use, open source, no account and no phone needed. Local backups and optional password protection come built in.
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