Check Tradovate Service Status When It Won't Load
Login screen spinning and nothing comes up? Check Tradovate's status page first, it takes thirty seconds to rule out a platform-wide outage.
You click the shortcut, the login screen spins, and nothing comes up. Before you reinstall the app or start blaming your machine, find out whether Tradovate's own servers are up. There's a status page built for exactly this, and it takes about thirty seconds to rule out a platform-wide outage. If the servers are down, no amount of local troubleshooting will help, you wait. If they're green, the problem's on your end, and now you know where to look.
Where Tradovate's Status Page Lives
Two places show you the same thing from different angles.
The main one sits at status.tradovate.com. It's a public dashboard headed Current System Status, and it lists roughly thirty services: live and demo frontend access, order execution, risk and routing, market data, notifications, funding and payments, plus a row for each funding partner. You don't need to be logged in to see it, which is the whole point when the login is what's broken.
There's also a service status link on the Tradovate login screen itself, usually near the bottom. If you log in through a prop firm, your platform runs on a branded address, something like topstep.tradovate.com or axia.tradovate.com, and each one carries its own /service-status page. Open the one that matches the URL you actually sign in through.
Check the Status Page: Step-by-Step
Open the Status Page
Type status.tradovate.com into your browser, or click the service status link at the bottom of the login screen. Do this in a regular browser tab, not inside the desktop app. If the app won't open, you need a route that doesn't depend on it.
Read the Indicators and Find Your Service
A green dot means that service is up and healthy. Scan for the rows that actually matter to you: live frontend access (that's the platform loading), execution, and market data. If your row is green, Tradovate is saying that piece is running normally. If it's flagged, that's your answer, you're looking at an outage, not a broken install.
Check Your Prop Firm's Status
Trading a funded or evaluation account? Look at the funding-partner section, or open your firm's own branded status page. A firm-side connection can be down even when Tradovate's core services are green, and that part is on the firm to fix, not you. Confirm the outage first so you're not chasing a problem that isn't yours.
If Everything's Green, Fix It Locally
When every relevant service shows up and healthy, the problem is on your side. The quick things that clear most local load failures:
Use a current browser — Chrome, Firefox, or Safari, fully updated. Skip Internet Explorer entirely.
Check your connection — and switch to a wired link if your Wi-Fi is flaky.
Sync your computer's clock. A wrong system time is a classic reason the platform refuses to load, set the correct time zone and turn on automatic time.
Reinstall the desktop app if it's corrupted, or just fall back to the web or mobile version so you can keep trading while you sort it out.
What the Status Page Is Telling You
| What you see | What it means | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Green dot on your service | Servers are running normally | Troubleshoot locally, browser, clock, connection |
| A core service flagged or down | Platform-side outage | Wait it out; watch open positions from another device |
| Your prop firm's row flagged | Firm-side connection issue | Contact your prop firm, Tradovate can't fix it |
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If the status page confirms an outage, our walkthroughs on a platform that freezes mid-trade and a login stuck on loading cover what to do next. Not sure which app to fall back on while you wait? Compare the web, desktop, and mobile options.
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