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  • #1
  • First Post: Jun 11, 2011 12:10pm Jun 11, 2011 12:10pm
Can you guys let me know of any reliable mt4 vps solutions? soon develop an EA and need a reliable host to execute the trades. thanks.
  • #2
  • Jun 11, 2011 2:05pm Jun 11, 2011 2:05pm
I use forexvps. They claim 99.9% uptime. Reasonable value for the money. I have had a couple of issues where server rebooted during trading hours but was not that big a deal because it auto restarts the mt4.

If any one know a vps provider that provides a shadow server or something similar so that if the main one goes down, mt4 will carry on running on the other that might be useful.

There are some brokers that provide free vps if you trade with them.
I am usually Wrong
  • #3
  • Jun 12, 2011 9:22am Jun 12, 2011 9:22am
As I know, if yo have bad internet, then VPS will surelly help you. Well, at least you can run your expert to trade and just switch off your PC (if you are brave (or smart) enough for it).
  • #4
  • Jun 12, 2011 1:50pm Jun 12, 2011 1:50pm
thanks for the response guys. I am wondering if there are also any good VPS out there that will give you the ability to install your own programs and have very good uptime. I suspect a forex vps they would already know how critical it is to have up their machines. however, a good vps provider will also know that it is critical for their customers as some of them might have businesses running on them.
  • #5
  • Jun 12, 2011 2:36pm Jun 12, 2011 2:36pm
Quoting vyder
thanks for the response guys. I am wondering if there are also any good VPS out there that will give you the ability to install your own programs and have very good uptime. I suspect a forex vps they would already know how critical it is to have up their machines. however, a good vps provider will also know that it is critical for their customers as some of them might have businesses running on them.

not only do our VM's give you full administrator access to install what you want, we don't force a reboot on you for updates - you instead install updates at a time best for you.

latency chart:

http://helpdesk.commercialnetworkser...barticleid=174

autoboot v3.0 docs (included):

http://helpdesk.commercialnetworkser...loaditemid=117
BarrySDCA Commercial Network Services
  • #6
  • Jun 13, 2011 5:33am Jun 13, 2011 5:33am
In some companies you are not allowed to install anything, just to use what is already installed there
  • #7
  • Jun 13, 2011 4:00pm Jun 13, 2011 4:00pm
thanks for the responses again. Barry I will PM you as I like what I see with CNS.
  • #8
  • Apr 16, 2012 1:12pm Apr 16, 2012 1:12pm
I wanted to update the thread to say that we have introduced a 100% uptime guarantee.

details can be found here:

http://www.commercialnetworkservices.../Guarantee.htm

We are going to be updating our site soon, so if the link is broken then it will be under about us->100% uptime guarantee.
BarrySDCA Commercial Network Services
  • #9
  • Apr 22, 2012 7:20am Apr 22, 2012 7:20am
I've only used two VPS providers for running MT4:

1) Ultrahosting.com - terrible, have to contact support every other week which tells you everything you need to know.

2) VPSLand.com - never had to contact support, no problems, highly recommended. 99.9% uptime.

You may know this already but when running MT4 on a VPS you need to make sure that MT4 restarts after a reboot. This is not simply a matter of placing shortcuts in your "startup" folder, as this will only restart MT4 after you login to the VPS, so if it reboots and you don't login for 10 hours, then you're exposed for 10 hours while your EA isn't running...

I'd also recommend VPS uptime monitoring - personally I use a program that connects to a PHP script every minute and sends an SMS if the last connection was over 2 minutes ago.
  • #10
  • Apr 22, 2012 10:23am Apr 22, 2012 10:23am
Quoting MT4Coder
I've only used two VPS providers for running MT4:
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You may know this already but when running MT4 on a VPS you need to make sure that MT4 restarts after a reboot. This is not simply a matter of placing shortcuts in your "startup" folder, as this will only restart MT4 after you login to the VPS, so if it reboots and you don't login for 10 hours, then you're exposed for 10 hours while your EA isn't running...
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All of our Trader's VPS's include CNS Autoboot, which does exactly this and much more.

CNS Autoboot will start designated applications without any user action after a Windows reboot. Autoboot monitors the health of the operating system (OS) and each configured application. It will take action when it detects an application or OS hang, OS reboot, OS resource depletion, high sustained CPU or RAM usage, or if user defined key words are found in a log file. Autoboot will monitor up to two log files for each configured application. Available actions are: send email, restart application, stop application and/or restart computer or VPS. Autoboot can be configured to delete an application’s log files daily or when disk space falls below a user defined threshold.



documentation can be found here:

http://helpdesk.commercialnetworkser...loaditemid=117
BarrySDCA Commercial Network Services
  • #11
  • Apr 22, 2012 11:29am Apr 22, 2012 11:29am
Quoting vyder
Can you guys let me know of any reliable mt4 vps solutions? soon develop an EA and need a reliable host to execute the trades. thanks.
Hi there I use http://www.engineered-solutions.us/VpsModelsFees.html

I have used a few of them vps Land and Commercial Network Services. Both were stable enough but i found the above better value and lot better uptime and customer service. They even moved my VPS to london for me to nearer my broker.

Cheers Russ
  • #12
  • Apr 22, 2012 12:17pm Apr 22, 2012 12:17pm
Quoting vyder
Can you guys let me know of any reliable mt4 vps solutions? soon develop an EA and need a reliable host to execute the trades. thanks.
You can use:

bbvps.com
gigenet.com
micfo.com
  • #13
  • May 13, 2012 8:44am May 13, 2012 8:44am
Quoting BarrySDCA
not only do our VM's give you full administrator access to install what you want, we don't force a reboot on you for updates - you instead install updates at a time best for you.

latency chart:

http://helpdesk.commercialnetworkser...barticleid=174

autoboot v3.0 docs (included):

http://helpdesk.commercialnetworkser...loaditemid=117

What RDP client do you recommend for Android phones/tablets ?
I am not going to run an EA but trade manually from the charts,platform
I will run on the VPS.
I will start out with a Samsung Galaxy Note.
  • #14
  • May 13, 2012 10:32am May 13, 2012 10:32am
one of our techs uses this one and is quite happy with it:

http://helpdesk.commercialnetworkser...105&nav=0,5,21

by the way, since I made that last post, the following brokers are now ON NET with us:

AxiTrader*

International Capital Markets (Australia)*

Pepperstone*

Real Forex (Israel)

Finotec (UK)

SmartTradeFX

Gold Goat (New Zealand)

vPE Bank AG (Germany)

*Bundling partner
BarrySDCA Commercial Network Services
  • #15
  • May 13, 2012 11:38pm May 13, 2012 11:38pm
Quoting Cocoflanel
What RDP client do you recommend for Android phones/tablets ?
I am not going to run an EA but trade manually from the charts,platform
I will run on the VPS.
I will start out with a Samsung Galaxy Note.
I suppose that is one way to trade manually, in the sense that vps can retain settings and still leave the desktop exactly as you left it if you set it up correctly. usually VPS give you the added benefit of implementing automation, mainly EAs. I've streamed video of metatrader platform with a "hack" i developed, which would have been difficult to do from a home internet connection without someone monitoring the setup.

edit: Not sure how pocketCloud is now, but I used Remote RDP and upgraded for like $10 or so for the full version. Honestly though, i recommend a dual core laptop if you are serious about trading. It would be very difficult to manually trade with a touch-screen interface beyond simple entry/exit, in which case you would use the mt4 for android. i suppose with enough practice, and if you keep the terminal window small, it would work. the Galaxy Note is just big enough to maneuvar around without too much crowdedness. I think it comes with a touch pen also. I used a Galaxy Ace (Cooper); i wouldn't trade from it manually, but it works as a backup if i need to access the VPS and the laptop is unavailable.
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  • #16
  • May 19, 2012 11:34am May 19, 2012 11:34am
Quoting BarrySDCA
one of our techs uses this one and is quite happy with it:

http://helpdesk.commercialnetworkser...105&nav=0,5,21

by the way, since I made that last post, the following brokers are now ON NET with us:

AxiTrader*

International Capital Markets (Australia)*

Pepperstone*

Real Forex (Israel)

Finotec (UK)

SmartTradeFX

Gold Goat (New Zealand)

vPE Bank AG (Germany)

*Bundling partner

What you mean exactly with "On NET" ? (noob here)
  • #17
  • May 19, 2012 12:06pm May 19, 2012 12:06pm
Hi Cocoflanel,

you can read more about ON NET here.

http://helpdesk.commercialnetworkser...news&newsid=35
BarrySDCA Commercial Network Services
  • #18
  • Jun 7, 2012 9:10am Jun 7, 2012 9:10am
I used swVPS.com for a year and I had 100% uptime (monitored through pingdom.com).

And Barry from commercialnetworkservices.net knows his stuff
  • #19
  • Jun 7, 2012 6:54pm Jun 7, 2012 6:54pm
commercialnetworkservices.net

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  • #20
  • May 23, 2014 7:45pm May 23, 2014 7:45pm
Quoting MT4Coder
I've only used two VPS providers for running MT4: 1) Ultrahosting.com - terrible, have to contact support every other week which tells you everything you need to know. 2) VPSLand.com - never had to contact support, no problems, highly recommended. 99.9% uptime. You may know this already but when running MT4 on a VPS you need to make sure that MT4 restarts after a reboot. This is not simply a matter of placing shortcuts in your "startup" folder, as this will only restart MT4 after you login to the VPS, so if it reboots and you don't login for 10...
Wish I'd read your post 8 days ago.
I gave Ultrahosting my C Card details a week ago and have heard nothing.
Trying to contact them via their site just gives me an error message.

Are they out of bizzness - should I contact my bank ??

Read on the net they were good ...... So took a deep breath and signed up
( was going to be first time VPS user - as wanted to run MT4 24 / 5 )
Not off to a very good start now am I !!

Thanks,
J Mack
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