Trading VPS lessons, from plan to first trade.
Four short, practical lessons from the QuantVPS team: choosing between Standard and Performance plans, what latency does to an order, connecting Tradovate and Rithmic prop firm accounts, and signing in to an Ubuntu server over SSH.
From lesson 02: an order filling on the DOM, the tape and the chart. Sample NQ prices, not live market data.
Four lessons. Under 30 minutes in all.
Read them in order or jump to the one you need. Each lesson ends with answers to the questions our support team hears most.
Standard vs Performance plans: which trading VPS fits you?
AMD EPYC or AMD Ryzen, DDR4 or DDR5: what changes between the two plan lines, tier by tier.
- AMD EPYC vs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
- Single-thread scores, tier by tier
- Backups, memory and price
What is latency, and how does order execution work?
Round trips, the order book, the queue and slippage: what happens between your click and your fill.
- Round trips and where latency comes from
- The order book, the DOM and the tape
- Queue position and slippage
How to connect prop firm accounts on your VPS (Tradovate and Rithmic)
Rithmic or Tradovate: the details you need from your firm, and how to sign in from your VPS.
- The details your firm sends you
- Rithmic in NinjaTrader and R | Trader Pro
- Tradovate on the VPS, then verify
How to connect to an Ubuntu VPS with SSH
From Windows, macOS or Linux: sign in with your password, then switch to an SSH key.
- Your first SSH sign-in
- Switch to an SSH key
- Fix the common errors