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近年来，外汇VPS交易在零售外汇圈内逐渐普及。本文将简要介绍外汇VPS的基本概念、工作原理及其主要优势。

外汇VPS（虚拟私人服务器）能够支持EA交易员进行自动化交易，有效缩短MT4客户终端与MT4服务器之间的延迟。通过使用位于安全位置的数据中心系统，客户可以享受接近100%的在线时间，获得更快的执行速度，提高交易量，避免因网络问题错失交易机会。

为什么需要外汇VPS？

MT4 EA，也称为智能交易系统，可以帮助你实现自动化交易。但要保持交易的连续性，你的电脑必须始终处于开机状态，并且保持与交易服务器的稳定连接。

因此，交易员在家中或办公室电脑上运行EA存在一定风险，他们无法确保不出现网络中断、停电或硬件故障等问题。

此外，如果你的电脑与交易服务器距离较近，运行EA程序时，你可以享受到更低的网络延迟和更快的报价。执行速度的提升也会减少滑点现象。

手动交易也能使用外汇VPS吗？

通过远程外汇VPS，你可以获得不间断的网络连接，但无法显著提升执行速度。无论是使用外汇VPS还是家用电脑，延迟问题都无法完全消除。

外汇VPS到底是什么？它的原理是怎样的？

外汇VPS是在一个强大的物理服务器上建立的虚拟环境，该服务器被分割成多个独立的虚拟服务器。每个外汇VPS都拥有独立的带宽、磁盘空间、内存和中央处理器资源。在外汇VPS上运行交易软件，可以全天候进行交易，而不受上述提到的各种干扰影响。此外，不同国家的网络稳定性各不相同，这可能会对依赖当地网络的交易员造成不利影响。而在虚拟机上交易，可以享受到稳定的网络环境和快速的交易流程。

由于这些虚拟环境的硬件、网络和维护成本会分摊到众多使用者身上，最终每个人的使用成本会降至较低水平。

有些零售外汇经纪商为高级账户提供免费的外汇VPS，以此提供具有成本效益且可扩展的解决方案，满足交易者对稳定虚拟交易环境的需求。

国内外比较专业的VPS服务商

国内VPS推荐选择阿里云服务器（阿里云服务器优惠券, 阿里云服务器代金券领取, 阿里云最新优惠活动）

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国外VPS服务器则推荐选择性价比极高的Vultr（点击直达购买页面）

附英文原文

What is Forex VPS?

Trading via a VPS has become very popular in the retail FX community over the last several years. This article aims to provide a summary of the product and its most common uses, as well as to give a general overview of the advantages of using a VPS.

A VPS (Virtual Private Server) allows traders, who use Expert Advisor (EA) automated trading systems, to minimize latency between the MT4 client terminal and the MT4 trade server. By running the system from a secure data center location, clients can also potentially receive the benefit of 100% up-time, resulting in significantly faster executions, higher trading volumes and fewer missed opportunities.

Why may a trader need a VPS?

Metatrader 4 (MT4) expert advisors, or robots, enable you to automate trading however, in order to perform consistently, your computer (with a trading terminal installed) needs to be up and running at all times with an uninterrupted connection to the trade server.

It is therefore inherently risky for a trader to run an EA on their home or work PC as there are typically no safeguards against loss of network connectivity, power interruptions or hardware failures.

Secondly, if your computer is located closer to the trade server, when running an automated strategy, you will benefit from reduced network latency and should be able to trade on the most recent quote much faster than normal. This gives the advantage of faster execution combined with reduced slippage.

Will you benefit from using VPS if you trade manually?

You will benefit from having uninterrupted access to the internet using a remote VPS but you won’t be able to take advantage of faster execution as, whether using VPS or a home PC, you will not be able to remove network latency from the equation.

What actually is a VPS? How is it created?

VPS are virtualized environments hosted on a single, powerful and robust physical server which has been divided into multiple independent virtual servers. Each VPS has its own dedicated amount of bandwidth, disk space, RAM and CPU resource. Running trading software on a VPS makes it possible for an automated system to run 24 hours a day without the concerns mentioned above. Secondly, the stability of the internet connections can vary from country to country, putting traders at a disadvantage depending on the connection possibilities available to them at their location. Trading from a virtual machine offers a stable alternative as well as a potentially faster trade route.

Because the hardware, network and maintenance costs of these virtualized environments are distributed between multiple users, the overall cost is minimized for the end consumer.

Some retail FX brokers provide free VPS for their top performing accounts as a way to offer a cost-effective and scalable solution that fulfills traders’ needs in a stable virtual trading environment.