Why a VPS for trading
An Expert Advisor running on your home PC is at the mercy of an Internet outage, a nightly Windows update or a power cut. In trading, a three-minute disconnection during a Fed announcement can cost more than a year of VPS. The rule is simple: your automated strategies belong in a datacenter, not in your living room.
Latency to brokers
Most Forex brokers host their MT4/MT5 servers in three locations: New York (Equinix NY4), London (Equinix LD4) and Tokyo (TY3). Our sites cover all three: New York at 1-3 ms from Equinix servers, London at 2 ms from LD4, Tokyo for the Asian session. On Apex, measured latency to major brokers is under 2 ms — enough to make a difference on slippage when scalping.
Windows Server or Linux?
MetaTrader 4/5 requires Windows: pick the Windows Server 2022 image at deployment. For cTrader, Python bots (via ctrader-open-api) or custom strategies, Ubuntu 24.04 is lighter and uses less RAM — every megabyte counts when several terminals run in parallel. One Apex (8 GB DDR5) comfortably runs 3 to 4 MT5 instances.
Service continuity above all
Our measured availability in 2024: 99.99%, i.e. less than 53 minutes of interruption over the year — including maintenance, announced 72 hours in advance between 2 and 6 a.m., when markets are quiet. Your positions are never left unattended during our operations.
Security checklist for a trading VPS
A trading terminal holds your broker credentials: the server must be locked down. Change the default RDP port, enable the Windows firewall allowing only your IP, and enable two-factor authentication on the broker side. Our guide "Securing your VPS in 10 steps" details the full procedure for Linux and Windows alike.