Manage Devices & Login Alerts in Tradovate

Someone signing into your futures account from a machine you've never touched is exactly the kind of thing you want to hear about the second it happens. Tradovate handles that two ways. It emails you whenever your username logs in from a new device, and it keeps a running list of every device that has accessed your account. That list lives in Application Settings under My Devices, and it's where you cut off anything you don't recognize.

The device list is available to live account holders. If you trade a prop-firm evaluation, some of these controls sit on the firm's side, so check your firm's current rules before you assume a setting is yours to change.

What a New-Device Login Alert Looks Like

The alert depends on whether you've turned on two-factor authentication.

• Without 2FA: when your username logs in from a device Tradovate hasn't seen before, it sends an email letting you know a new device just signed in.
• With 2FA: that email also carries Approve and Deny buttons. On a live account with 2FA on, the new device can't finish logging in until you approve it, so an attacker with your password still gets stopped at the door.

If you get one of these and it wasn't you, deny the device and change your password right away. It's the earliest warning you'll get that your credentials are floating around somewhere they shouldn't be.

How to Review and Manage Your Devices

Here's the full walk-through, from opening settings to pulling access on a device you don't trust.

Turn On 2FA So the List Actually Protects You

My Devices is only half the story. The list tells you who got in, but 2FA is what stops the wrong device from getting in at all. Tradovate supports a few methods: trusted (previously authenticated) browsers, security keys over Bluetooth, NFC or USB, Windows Hello, and authenticator apps that generate time-based codes. Pick one, switch it on, and every new-device login turns into a decision you make instead of a notification you read after the fact.

One more thing worth knowing: running too many active sessions at once can trigger disconnects and frozen charts on its own. If you keep getting bumped, trimming things back to a single clean login usually clears it up.

Make a habit of opening My Devices every few weeks, especially after you've logged in from a hotel, a friend's computer, or a new VPS. It takes about a minute, and it's the cheapest security you'll ever add to a live trading account.

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