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Best VPS for JustMarkets: Why London Is the Anchor in a Six-Region Network

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Best VPS for JustMarkets: Why London Is the Anchor in a Six-Region Network

JustMarkets has built its client base in regions most European brokers treat as an afterthought: South and Southeast Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. The infrastructure follows the customers. The broker says its trading infrastructure sits in Equinix datacenters in London, Brazil, Malaysia, Indonesia, South Africa and the UAE. That is an unusually wide footprint for a retail MetaTrader broker.

For a trader clicking buttons from a phone in Jakarta or Johannesburg, a nearby access point helps. For anyone running Expert Advisors on a VPS, the footprint raises a more specific question. Which of those sites is actually processing your orders, and where should the machine running your EA live? The two answers are not always the same, and getting them confused costs you milliseconds on every trade.

JustMarkets at a Glance

  • Regulation: Multiple group entities. JustMarkets Ltd is licensed by CySEC in Cyprus (401/21). Just Global Markets Ltd is licensed by the FSA in Seychelles (SD088). Just Global Markets (PTY) Ltd is an FSCA-authorised FSP in South Africa (51114). Just Global Markets (MU) Limited is licensed by the FSC in Mauritius. Protections differ a lot between these, so check which entity is named on your own account agreement.
  • Platforms: MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5, on desktop, web and mobile
  • Instruments: Forex, metals, energies, indices, share CFDs and crypto CFDs. The lineup varies by entity.
  • Leverage: Very high on the offshore entities. Capped at retail limits under CySEC.
  • Server Infrastructure: Equinix datacenters in London, Brazil, Malaysia, Indonesia, South Africa and the UAE
  • Expert Advisors: Supported on both MT4 and MT5

📊 Key Stat: Of JustMarkets’ six stated Equinix locations, London is the only one that is also a primary FX liquidity hub. The other five are there to bring the broker closer to clients in fast-growing regions. That difference decides where a VPS should go.

Where JustMarkets’ Servers Live

Think of the network as a hub with regional on-ramps.

London is where the deepest FX liquidity physically connects. Most retail brokers that aggregate prices from institutional liquidity providers run their core trading infrastructure in the Equinix London campus (LD4 and its neighbours in Slough). JustMarkets lists London first, and for a broker regulated in Cyprus and serving a global book, it is the natural hub.

Brazil, Malaysia, Indonesia, South Africa and the UAE put JustMarkets’ infrastructure near its biggest client populations. A trader in São Paulo or Kuala Lumpur connecting from home gets a shorter first hop into the broker’s network than they would by crossing an ocean to London.

What JustMarkets does not publish is which MetaTrader server name maps to which facility, and that mapping can change. So the honest approach is the same one we recommend for any broker with a multi-region footprint: measure it rather than assume it.

⚠️ Warning: Do not choose a VPS region because a JustMarkets site exists in your country. An access point near you is useful for manual trading from home. Once your terminal runs on a VPS, what matters is the distance from the VPS to the server that actually executes your orders. Resolve your MT4 or MT5 server’s hostname and traceroute it. Our broker server IP guide walks through the method.

FXVPS Latency to JustMarkets

FXVPS runs dedicated infrastructure in London, New York, Tokyo and Hong Kong, among 15+ locations. Of JustMarkets’ stated sites, London is the direct overlap, and it is where we recommend starting.

From an FXVPS London instance, round-trip latency to a MetaTrader server hosted in the Equinix London campus typically sits in the low single-digit milliseconds. The traffic stays inside the interconnection fabric rather than crossing the public internet. That matters more for consistency than for the headline number. A colocated VPS gives you a tight latency distribution. Home broadband gives you a good average with ugly spikes, and those spikes cluster around busy market periods, as we explained in latency, jitter and packet loss.

If your measurement shows your JustMarkets server answering from somewhere other than London, test from the nearest FXVPS region to it and pick whichever gives the lowest, steadiest ping. The ping column in MetaTrader’s server list is enough for a first comparison.

Why JustMarkets Traders Specifically Need a VPS

High Leverage Punishes Downtime

JustMarkets’ offshore entities offer leverage far above what EU or UK retail rules allow. High leverage is a choice, and this is not a lecture about it. But it changes what a platform outage costs. When a position is sized with high leverage, a terminal that goes dark overnight is not a small inconvenience. An EA that should have trailed a stop, or closed on a signal, simply does not act, and the margin you have left to absorb that is thin. A VPS with 24/7 uptime and auto-restart removes the most common failure mode: the home PC that went to sleep, updated or lost Wi-Fi.

Home Internet in Growth Markets Is Less Predictable

Many JustMarkets clients trade from regions where residential internet is improving fast but is still prone to outages, power cuts and congested evening peaks. The regional access points help with the first hop. They cannot fix a router that loses power. Moving the terminal into a datacenter means your own connection only carries the remote-desktop session you use to check in, not the orders themselves.

đź’ˇ Tip: If your home connection is unreliable, the VPS protects your EA, but you still need a way to check on it. Set up MetaQuotes push notifications to your phone so you hear about fills and errors even when you cannot open RDP. See our push notifications and monitoring guide.

Scalping and News Strategies Need Consistent Fills

JustMarkets supports EAs on both platforms. Short-horizon strategies are where network quality shows up directly in the P&L, as slippage and requotes during volatile moments. A colocated VPS cannot change the broker’s spreads, but it reduces the network-induced part of slippage. On a strategy that targets a few pips, that part is not trivial. Our slippage and requotes guide shows how the two interact.

Running MT4 and MT5 Side by Side

JustMarkets offers both platforms, and plenty of traders run a legacy MT4 EA alongside a newer MT5 system. On a VPS, those are just two terminals on the same Windows desktop, each running 24/7, with no juggling between machines.

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Core Plan ($29/mo, 2GB RAM, 1 vCPU) suits a single MT4 or MT5 terminal running one to three EAs with standard indicators. This covers most JustMarkets retail setups.

Pro Plan ($39/mo, 4GB RAM, 2 vCPUs) is the better fit if you run MT4 and MT5 together, several EAs across multiple charts, or a trade copier alongside your terminals. The second vCPU keeps one busy terminal from starving the other.

Scaling Plan ($79/mo, 8GB RAM, 4 vCPUs) is for multi-account operators, anyone running several terminals across JustMarkets and other brokers, or heavy tick-data indicators. See how many MT4 terminals a VPS can run to size it properly.

Compare every plan on the pricing page.

Setting Up JustMarkets on Your FXVPS

  1. Start with a London VPS. It overlaps JustMarkets’ primary hub. You can move later if your measurements point elsewhere.

  2. Connect via RDP with the credentials FXVPS sends you. Remote Desktop works from Windows, Mac, iPhone and Android.

  3. Download MT4 or MT5 from your JustMarkets client area, not a generic MetaQuotes installer, so the broker’s server list comes preconfigured.

  4. Log in with the account number and server name shown in your JustMarkets dashboard. Different account types can live on different servers, so copy the exact name.

  5. Measure the latency. Check the connection indicator in the bottom-right corner of the terminal, then open the server list to compare pings. From London to a London-hosted server, expect low single digits.

  6. Traceroute the server if the number looks wrong. A reading in the tens or hundreds of milliseconds means your server is not in London. Find where it is and test the matching FXVPS region.

  7. Configure auto-start. Put terminal shortcuts in the Windows Startup folder and enable AutoTrading so EAs resume after any reboot. Our MT4 automatic startup guide covers it step by step.

âś… Best Practice: Write down the server name, the measured ping and the date when you first set up. If execution ever feels different, you have a baseline to compare against rather than a vague memory. Brokers do migrate servers, and a changed ping is the first sign.

Why FXVPS for JustMarkets Traders

JustMarkets’ footprint is built to get close to clients. A VPS is how you get close to the execution. FXVPS gives you London infrastructure alongside JustMarkets’ primary hub, dedicated CPU cores so your EA is not competing with noisy neighbours, and 24/7 uptime that keeps high-leverage positions managed while you sleep. If your server turns out to live somewhere else, you can test another region without starting from scratch.

Start with the $2.99 trial, measure your own numbers, and choose a plan from /pricing/ once you have seen them.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which VPS location is best for JustMarkets?

Start with London. It is the only one of JustMarkets’ stated Equinix sites that is also a major FX liquidity hub, and FXVPS has infrastructure there. Then confirm by measuring the ping and traceroute to your specific MT4 or MT5 server.

I live in Indonesia (or Malaysia, or Brazil). Should I pick a VPS near me?

Not automatically. The regional sites shorten the path from your home to the broker. When your terminal runs on a VPS, your home location barely matters. What matters is VPS-to-server distance. Measure before you decide.

Does JustMarkets allow Expert Advisors on a VPS?

Yes. JustMarkets supports EAs on both MT4 and MT5, and running them on a third-party VPS is standard practice. As always, check the current terms for your specific entity and account type.

Will a VPS reduce my spreads at JustMarkets?

No. Spreads and commissions are set by the broker and your account type. A VPS reduces network latency and the slippage that comes with it, and it keeps your platform online around the clock.

What happens to my JustMarkets positions if the VPS restarts?

Open positions stay on JustMarkets’ servers regardless. A restart only pauses your terminal. With auto-start configured, MetaTrader reconnects and your EAs resume within about a minute.