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Virtual Hosting

Virtual hosting is a service providing the round-the-clock operation of the client terminal. That may be necessary in the following cases:

All these cases require constant connection to a trade server and uninterrupted power supply. Using a home PC is not always possible and convenient.

The trading platform offers convenient and quick solution to all traders you can rent a virtual server for your trading account right from the client terminal.

Discover in 6 Minutes: Video on Virtual Hosting

Watch the below tutorial videos to learn about the virtual hosting. Click on the video image to watch it.

Watch video: How to Rent A Virtual Platform Watch video: Preparing to Migrate Robots and Signals Watch video: How to Control Resources and Manage Subscriptions

Unlike renting ordinary VDS or VPS from third-party companies, you are able to select the server that is the closest to your broker minimizing the network latency when sending orders from the terminal to the trade server.

The payment for using the service is conveniently performed via MQL5.community account. If you do not have an account yet, please register. The account should be specified in the terminal settings.

The subsections describe all stages of working with the Virtual Hosting service:

  • Registering Server – selecting the virtual server that is the closest to the broker in order to provide the minimum network latency, choosing the service plan.
  • Migration – preparing the terminal environment for migration to the virtual server: selecting charts, indicators, Expert Advisors, as well as configuring signals, email and FTP.
  • Working with Terminal – managing the terminal operation on the virtual server: viewing terminal and Expert Advisor operation journals, as well as viewing resource consumption statistics.