Windows VPS for trading: MetaTrader running around the clock
A Windows machine that does not switch off, so MetaTrader and your robots keep running while your own computer is closed — and a straight answer on latency.
Starting at €8/mo
Introduction
A trading VPS is a Windows server that stays powered on around the clock with your platform open on it: MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5 or another Windows market application. The terminal no longer depends on your computer, your home router or a power cut at your place. At By-Hoster this starts at €8/month incl. VAT: 4 vCores, 8 GB of RAM, 50 GB of NVMe SSD, a dedicated IPv4 and RDP access tuned up to 60 FPS, which matters when you read charts remotely.
Let us say straight away what we will not say. We publish no latency figure toward any particular broker. We have a single infrastructure, in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, and the round trip to a broker's server depends first on that broker's infrastructure, not on ours. A number quoted without knowing who you trade with would be worthless. The right method is to measure it yourself from the server as soon as it is delivered: a ping and a reading inside your platform answer the question in five minutes. If your strategy is decided in milliseconds — tight scalping, arbitrage — the honest answer is that you need a machine close to your broker's infrastructure, and we do not have one.
For everything else — a robot working on longer timeframes, a terminal to keep connected overnight, several accounts to follow in parallel, a trade journal to keep — the subject is not the millisecond but continuity: the machine stays on, the session does not close, a reboot does not go unnoticed. That is exactly what a rented server does. It does not make a strategy better: it merely stops a switched-off computer from interrupting it. By-Hoster rents the machine and nothing else: no robot, no strategy, no MetaTrader licence, no financial advice.
What you are actually renting
A machine that does not switch off
The server stays on while your computer is closed, travelling or broken. You reconnect over RDP and find your windows exactly where you left them, with the same charts open.
RDP tuned up to 60 FPS
A remote desktop set up to stay smooth: a scrolling chart, several windows side by side and an order book all stay readable. You connect from Windows, macOS, iOS, Android and Linux.
Dedicated French IPv4 and Anti-DDoS
An IPv4 address that is yours alone, in France, and Anti-DDoS protection included. The server is virtualised with KVM through Proxmox in our DC-FR_NA(01) infrastructure in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Snapshots and a fallback console
A snapshot before installing a new version of a robot, self-service reinstallation from the client area, and a fallback VNC console if RDP becomes unreachable. Human 24/7 support by ticket, Discord and phone.
What a trading VPS is really used for
Leaving a robot running
An expert advisor or an automation script keeps working overnight and at weekends without your own machine staying on. The server does not go to sleep and does not update itself mid-session unless you decided it should.
Several terminals in parallel
Several platforms or several accounts open on the same machine. It is the number of terminals, charts and indicators open at once that decides the RAM: start at 8 GB and look at Task Manager before moving up.
Following positions while travelling
The same desktop, found exactly as you left it from a laptop, a Mac, a tablet or a phone. Nothing to reinstall, nothing to resynchronise: it is the same Windows session carrying on.
No longer depending on your own line
An internet outage at home closes your RDP session, not the terminal: that one stays connected from the infrastructure. You reopen the window when the line comes back and pick up where you were.
Testing without touching your workstation
Install a trial version, compare two settings, break a configuration and roll back from a snapshot: the server is isolated from your personal computer, and reinstallation is self-service.
Keeping a journal and statements
Exports, screenshots and history stay on the machine, in one place, reachable from anywhere. NVMe storage and snapshots save you from keeping all of it on a laptop.
Frequently asked questions
It is a rented Windows server, powered on around the clock in a infrastructure, on which you install your platform and your tools. You connect to it over remote desktop to watch, adjust and intervene; the rest of the time the machine works without you. Technically nothing separates it from any other Windows VPS: the name comes from the use, not from the product.
We quote no figure, and that is deliberate. We have a single infrastructure, in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, and latency depends mostly on where your broker hosts its servers — which we cannot know in advance. The only measurement that counts is yours: from the delivered server, ping your broker's access point and read the value your platform reports. One monthly rental period is enough to settle it.
Then it probably should not run with us. Very short scalping and arbitrage are played out right next to the broker's infrastructure; we have no presence in those rooms, and pretending otherwise would do you no favours. A VPS with us suits strategies where continuity matters more than the millisecond: longer timeframes, position monitoring, automation that is not decided tick by tick.
No. We deliver a clean Windows with the Administrator credentials: you install the platform supplied by your broker or its publisher yourself. By-Hoster neither distributes nor resells MetaTrader, nor the robots or indicators you might add to it. You are the administrator of the machine and install what you want on it.
It depends on your platform. MetaTrader 4 and 5 are Windows applications, which is why the vast majority of trading servers run Windows. If your tools are written in Python or Node, or driven through an API, a Linux VPS from €4.99/month does the job for less and with no system licence to hold. Our "Windows VPS or Linux VPS" guide walks through the decision.
The entry configuration at €8/month (4 vCores, 8 GB of RAM, 50 GB) covers ordinary use: one terminal, a few charts, one robot. What pushes consumption up is the number of terminals open at the same time, heavy indicators and long histories. Our advice: start at 8 GB, look at Task Manager after a few days, and move to Windows - Plus (16 GB, €13/month) only if memory really runs out.
No. We install the system chosen at checkout — Windows Server 2025, Windows Server 2022 or Windows 11 — at no extra charge, but we neither supply nor resell a Microsoft licence: the right to use it remains yours to hold. For a personal trading workstation used by one person, Windows 11 is often the logical choice; Windows Server suits you if you also run other services on it.
A reboot closes the running applications: that is the point to deal with before leaving a robot unattended. Two simple precautions: put the platform shortcut in the Windows startup folder so it relaunches on its own, and set the update window outside your market hours. A snapshot taken before every change also lets you roll back.
Yes, within what the machine can take. Several terminals live together without trouble in one Windows session; it is the RAM that sets the limit, not a rule of ours. Do watch your broker's own rules on multiple accounts and shared IP addresses, though: those are theirs, not ours. Your IPv4 is dedicated, which already rules out sharing an address with strangers.
No, and it is not part of what we do. We rent a machine, keep it running and answer technical questions 24/7. We sell no robot, no signal, no strategy, we give no investment advice and we have no link with any broker. What you run on your server is your responsibility, as our terms of use state.