The invention discloses a method for drawing a sliding trace and a mobile terminal and belongs to the technical field of communication. The method for drawing the sliding trace includes the following steps that firstly, a sliding total distance and sliding total time from a sliding starting position to a sliding termination position are obtained; secondly, a sliding trace in a current frame image is drawn at the sliding starting position and the time when the current frame image is drawn is recorded; thirdly, drawing time from a drawing starting moment to the current moment is obtained and whether the drawing time is larger than or equal to the sliding total time or not is judged,if yes, a sliding trace of the last frame image is drawn at the sliding termination position and if not, the current sliding distance is obtained according to the drawing time, the sliding total time and the sliding total distance. The sum of the sliding starting position and the current sliding distance is used as the sliding starting position. The second step and the third step are repeated. The method for drawing the sliding trace and the mobile terminal can boost experiences of users.