How do I trade with OKX on TradingView?

Published on 29 Jul 2025Updated on 29 Jul 20256 min read37

TradingView has long been a popular platform among traders, offering a comprehensive suite of trading and charting tools that allow traders to make informed decisions and act quickly on market opportunities. With the integration of OKX, TradingView now provides an even more comprehensive solution for crypto traders, offering greater convenience, innovation and choice to users. In this article, we will explore how the integration of OKX and TradingView benefits crypto traders and why this is a game changer for the crypto industry.

How do I connect to OKX with TradingView?

You can easily log in or register with OKX using a social account like Google or Telegram, which makes it very convenient to connect to TradingView.

Note: if you don't have an account on OKX, start with

. If you have an OKX account, skip to the login steps below.

  1. On TradingView you can search for OKX products in the search section by using the prompt OKX: > choose your trading symbol > select Launch chart

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    Search for OKX on the TradingView search field

  2. Select OKX from the trading panel on TradingView. If you don’t see OKX listed on the trading panel, select More (three dots button) to view more brokers

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    Select OKX as your broker

  3. Choose a live or demo environment for trading, then select Connect

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    Select your environment mode before connect

  4. Sign up / Log in to authorise TradingView
    Note: if you have an OKX account, sign in directly. Otherwise,

    first.

  5. Make sure you have crypto assets in your OKX trading account for trade or deposit

  • If yes, head to the Trade section for trading directly.

  • If no, check out the Deposit section below.

How do I activate my TradingView subscription?

  1. Go to

    and log in to your account.

  2. Select Upgrade from the menu bar near your profile.

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    Select upgrade to check out the plans

  3. Select your plan, then select Buy Now.
    Note: use the toggle to select monthly or annual billing.

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    Select Buy now to proceed with payment

  4. Select Next to proceed to the Payment method page.

  5. Enter your coupon code in the "Have a promo code?" field to activate your discounted TradingView subscription.

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    Enter coupon code to complete your purchase

How do I deposit via TradingView?

Deposit - Buy crypto

  1. If you're new to cryptocurrency without any crypto assets on the chain, navigate to the Buy Crypto option

  2. Select from Express buy or P2P trading, as you can buy crypto via any of these 2 approaches

Deposit - On chain

If you already have crypto assets on chain, please follow the steps below to deposit crypto assets into OKX.

  • You can choose to deposit into the trading account, and it's highly recommended.

  • You can choose to deposit into the funding account. Need to transfer into the trading account as mentioned in Transfer section.

  1. Select Deposit from the dropdown of Assets option on OKX web page

  2. Make your deposit on the following page, as below:

    • For the deposit on the app, visit

    • For the deposit on the web, visit

How do I transfer with TradingView?

If there are no assets in your trading account, transfer from funding account to trading account.

  1. Select the assets you have and would like to transfer out

  2. Transfer a certain amount into a trading account

  3. After you have transferred successfully, start your trading journey.

Step 1: Select Transfer menu from the dropdown of Assets option on OKX web page.

Step 2: Perform funds transfer on the following page.

Check the assets on the Trading page

How do I start trading in TradingView?

Trade spot in TradingView

If you only focus on Spot trading, just trade on TradingView side under the OKX - Spot account option.

Trade derivatives in TradingView

Change the following settings on our platform before returning to TradingView:

  1. Hover on Trade main menu at the main option before selecting from Spot, Futures, Margin to Options trading from the dropdown

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    Select from any of the options available under Trade section

  2. Select More (three horizontal dots button) to enable settings from the Quick access menu

  3. Select Settings to access the trading settings

  4. Select Trading mode > Account mode button and select Single currency margin
    Note:
    you can't trade in TradingView if your account mode is in Multi-currency margin or Margin free.

  5. You have the option to configure the order quantity for Futures trading unit in the unit of Crypto, Contracts or USDⓈ for the USDⓈ-margined and Crypto-margined

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    Ensure the preferred amount is correct

Note:

  • We currently don’t support the USDⓈ trading unit for USDⓈ-margined futures contracts on TradingView in single-currency margin mode to improve the overall user experience, . Instead, choose contracts or crypto as your trading unit.

  • Refresh your browser on TradingView page if you changed the settings on OKX.

How do I switch to derivatives account on TradingView?

Switch to the OKX - Derivatives account option on TradingView side before you start trading.

Note: spot and derivatives symbols have different order panel UI in TradingView, thus we have 2 accounts (spot and derivatives account) in TradingView. However, the trading account assets are shared by both spot and derivatives trading as you are in unified account.

To learn more on other related topics to trade with TradingView, refer below:

  • Introduction to margin-free mode: visit

  • Single-currency margin: cross margin trading: visit

  • Introduction to the isolated mode of Single/Multi-currency/Portfolio margin: visit