Why some people use a VPS to trade FOREX?

What's the advantage of using a VPS server to trade FOREX?

You can trade from your own desktop computer with your internet connection.

I don't understand why some people use a VPS to trade FOREX.

Can someone explain?

People will use a VPS for several reasons. Some like the safety of having everything in a remote, secure place with guaranteed uptime. If your PC dies, you can access the VPS from another PC with no downtime, no lost data, and no needing to set everything back up. If your internet connection dies at home, the VPS is still connected to your broker. That's very important if you're running a form of automated trading or if your broker does not store your SL, TP, or TS on their side, or if you just don't like telling your broker what those levels are.

The average trader doesn't need that kind of setup, especially if you have a smartphone and your broker provides a trading platform for it, like many do now.

I understand what you say, but I agree with you, that most traders don't need it.

For example, why would a trader run som automated robots? From what I read no serious trader should do any automation, and there is no such thing as a Robot that makes you win. That's why some traders work for 10 years to delevop their own psicology to trade.

Automated robots are always linked to SCAM and high fraud in this FOREX business.

If the internet home connection dies, you can have a second connection of go to a wifi bar to connect using encription in your pc. If your home connection dies, having a VPS won't solve the problem. That's why im curious to know why some traders use the VPS and some hosting companies sell FOREX VPS. Really wondering.

I'm not going to try to change your opinion on automated trading.
(I looked into it when I was new to forex and learned my lessons there)
Keep in mind that some people just write their trading strategy into a Metatrader EA and it works out great for them. Those people may not want to keep their computers on all the time. It could be that they have the computer in their bedroom and don't want the noise, or they don't want to pay the electricity needed to keep the thing running. Again, they'll have their own reasons behind it.

You are correct that you can have a backup internet connection at home in case of emergencies, but what are you going to do if you have a trade open that you think might reverse soon and you smell smoke coming from your PC? (This actually happened to me. My power supply died and it took me a week to afford a replacement!) Not everyone is going to have a second PC ready to go.

Honestly, if your home connection or PC dies, it's pretty convenient to have a VPS so that you can use a PC at a public library or internet cafe (only in emergencies and only when using secured connections, of course) to close your open positions. It takes just a few seconds to connect to the VPS and do what needs to be done vs. having to borrow a friend's PC and install your trading platform.

From the "Is this NECESSARY for my trading?" standpoint, the answer is still a resounding "No, it's not," but some people will have peace of mind for it, and that can be worth a couple of bucks every month.

VPS will cost you $24 per month. If you go with one year - you will get it for $200.

When you trade with more then 5K you want to be sure that all technical stuff is ok, and you have plan B in case if everything went wrong.

For automated trading you should use only VPS. Because you don't what your computer to work 24 hours a day. It is very hard to organize good automated trading on your main PC, because you need to install some software from time to time, you need to restart it, to perform well. And your home PC will not handle 24-hours runs for a long time - it will die. - Using VPS will have you to avoid all this problems.