# Sign in (/platform/account/sign-in)



One LuxAlgo account signs you in to your account, plans and the Library at [app.luxalgo.com](https://app.luxalgo.com), and to [Vela](https://vela.luxalgo.com/chart), our next-generation charting platform.

## Create an account [#create-an-account]

Open [Sign up](https://app.luxalgo.com/sign-up). Choose **Continue with Google** or **Continue with Apple**, or use your email address:

<Steps>
  <Step title="Enter your email">
    Type your email address and select **Continue with email**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose a password">
    Use at least 8 characters, then select **Create account**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Confirm your email">
    On **Check your email**, enter the 6-digit code we sent you. You're signed in as soon as the code is accepted.
  </Step>
</Steps>

The code expires in 10 minutes. If it hasn't arrived, check spam, or select **send a new code** (each new code replaces the previous one). To start over with another address, select **Use a different email**.

If you sign up with an email that already has an account, the page moves on as usual and we email that address instead, with a way to sign in or reset the password.

## Sign in [#sign-in]

Open [Sign in](https://app.luxalgo.com/sign-in) and choose one of these:

* **Continue with Google** or **Continue with Apple**, or **Facebook** or **Discord**. You sign in on that provider's page and come back signed in.
* **Email and password.** Enter your email, select **Continue with email**, then enter your password and select **Sign in**.
* **An email code.** On the password step, select **Email me a sign-in code instead**, then enter the 6-digit code from your inbox. Codes only sign in existing accounts; they never create one.

If you created your account with email and password but never confirmed your email, signing in with your password sends a confirmation code first. Enter it to continue.

Too many wrong tries with one code ends it; send a new one. If a page says **Too many requests**, wait a minute and try again.

### Two-factor authentication [#two-factor-authentication]

If you've turned on an authenticator app in [Account Settings](/platform/account/settings#two-factor-authentication), a **Two-factor authentication** step follows your password:

* Enter the 6-digit code from your authenticator app. Codes change every 30 seconds, so use the current one.
* No phone? Select **Use a backup code instead** and enter one of the backup codes you saved. Each works once.
* Tick **Trust this device for 30 days** to skip the code on that device for 30 days.

After several wrong codes, sign-in pauses for a few minutes. If the step times out, select **Back** and enter your password again.

Accounts with two-factor authentication on can't use **Email me a sign-in code instead**: no code is sent, so sign in with your password and authenticator code. Two-factor authentication applies to password sign-in; when you sign in with Google, Apple, Facebook or Discord, that provider's own security applies.

## Forgot your password [#forgot-your-password]

<Steps>
  <Step title="Request a reset link">
    On the password step, select &#x2A;*Forgot it?** next to **Password**, or open [Reset your password](https://app.luxalgo.com/password-reset-request). Enter your account email and select **Send reset link**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Open the email">
    If that address has a LuxAlgo account, a reset link is on its way. It expires in one hour and works once. Can't find it? Check spam.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose a new password">
    On **Choose a new password**, enter it and select **Save and sign in**. You're signed in straight away.
  </Step>
</Steps>

If the page says **This reset link has expired**, select **Send a new link** and use the newest email.

## Sign out [#sign-out]

To sign out of the device you're on, open your profile menu and select **Log out**.

To sign out everywhere else, change your password: choosing a new one, either from &#x2A;*Forgot it?** or under **Password** in [Security](https://app.luxalgo.com/account/security), signs you out on every other device. See [Change your password](/platform/account/settings#change-your-password).