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TradingView 2FA: how to set up an authenticator app

By the Novaz team · Updated October 29, 2026
Novaz steps checked against version 1.0.5

On this page
  1. Turn on 2FA with an authenticator app
  2. Write your backup codes down by hand
  3. When TradingView asks for a code
  4. If TradingView rejects your code
  5. Changing phones
  6. If you lose your authenticator
  7. Turning 2FA off
  8. Official TradingView help

Your TradingView account holds your charts, watchlists, alerts and subscription. Two-factor authentication (2FA) is optional, but webhook alerts, which send an alert to a URL you choose, only work while it's on (TradingView). Codes come from an authenticator app or by text message, and TradingView recommends the app, since texts can be late or never arrive in some countries (TradingView).

Before you start, note TradingView's warning: "TradingView cannot recover your account if you lose access to your 2FA codes" (TradingView).

This guide uses Authenticator App - Novaz on iPhone, but any authenticator app works the same way.

How we checked this guide: the TradingView steps come from TradingView's own help center, blog and account recovery form, linked below, which we read on October 19, 2026. The help pages show no date, and their text and screenshots (added in July 2025) don't always use the same labels. We haven't tested the steps on a TradingView account, so a label may differ slightly. The Novaz steps are checked against the app, version 1.0.5.

Turn on 2FA with an authenticator app

TradingView's help only describes the setup on its website (TradingView):

  1. Open your profile settings and go to Account settings. The help text places this under Privacy and Security.
  2. Under Two-factor authentication, find Authentication app and select Enable (a switch in TradingView's screenshot).
  3. Signed up with Google or another social account? You need a password first: select Reset, set one through the email TradingView sends, then select Enable again.
  4. TradingView emails you a code. Type or paste it into the dialog.
  5. A Code-generating app window shows a QR code and a Secret key. In Novaz, tap +, then Scan QR code. If the QR code is on the same iPhone, screenshot it and use Choose a photo (how).
  6. Can't scan? In Novaz, tap +, then Enter key manually. Enter TradingView as the Service and the Secret key as the Setup key.
  7. Type the current code from Novaz into Confirmation code and select Enable.
  8. Save the backup codes TradingView shows next, then confirm. The help text calls the button I saved the codes; the screenshot shows Copy codes and continue.

TradingView's help doesn't give the code length or interval, so scan the QR code if you can: it passes those settings to Novaz, while a typed key always gets 6-digit, 30-second codes. See What is a 2FA setup key?

Write your backup codes down by hand

TradingView creates backup codes when you turn on 2FA. Each works once, and they're your way in if you can't use your 2FA device (TradingView, TradingView). TradingView's storage advice is stricter than most: write them down by hand, keep the paper somewhere safe, don't rely on copy and paste, and don't keep them on your devices.

Keep that paper even if you back up Novaz with iCloud backup or a backup file: it's your way in if the phone is gone and the backup is missing or out of date.

To replace them, use Generate new codes next to Backup codes in Account settings. TradingView doesn't say whether the old set stops working. More in 2FA backup codes.

When TradingView asks for a code

Once 2FA is on, TradingView asks for a code after your password every time you sign in (TradingView). Its help doesn't mention a way to trust a device and skip the code. TradingView also says it emails you whenever someone signs in to your account from a new device (TradingView).

A connected broker's own 2FA is separate: for Interactive Brokers, TradingView sends code problems to the broker (TradingView).

If TradingView rejects your code

TradingView's advice for a correct code that's refused is to check that your devices are in sync and show the right time (TradingView). On iPhone, open Settings > General > Date & Time and turn on Set Automatically. Novaz also warns you when the clock is 15 seconds or more off. Other causes are in Authenticator code not working?

Changing phones

TradingView's help says to sign in with a backup code, or on a device where you're still signed in, turn 2FA off, and set it up again with the new phone (TradingView). Do it before you give up the old iPhone, unless you have a Novaz iCloud backup or backup file: then you can restore your accounts on the new iPhone instead and keep the same codes. See How to transfer your authenticator app to a new iPhone.

If you lose your authenticator

Sign in with a backup code, or on a device where you're still signed in, then turn 2FA off and set it up again on a new phone.

With neither, TradingView's warning above applies. Its Account recovery form does list Problems with 2FA as an issue type, but TradingView doesn't say what it can do for you.

The form asks about your billing (payment method, card digits, last transaction ID or an invoice) and for a selfie holding an ID document. TradingView may also ask for photos of your ID card and bank card, and replies by email only (TradingView, TradingView). It doesn't say how long this takes. More in Lost the phone with your authenticator app?

Turning 2FA off

In Account settings, select Disable next to the method you use (TradingView). Webhook alerts stop being available without 2FA.

Official TradingView help

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