How much RAM does one MetaTrader terminal need?

A single MT4 or MT5 terminal with a few charts and one or two EAs is comfortable in roughly 1–1.5 GB. So Windows-Small (4 GB RAM) runs one terminal with plenty of headroom, or two if they're light. Running several brokers or many EAs at once? Windows-Medium (6 GB RAM) is the safer pick.

Which plan for how many terminals?

As a rule of thumb: Windows-Small ($11/mo, 4 GB) for one terminal and a handful of EAs; Windows-Medium ($19/mo, 6 GB) for two or three terminals or a heavier EA/indicator load. Both are NAT plans you reach over RDP — a Forex terminal only needs outbound to the broker, so you don't need a dedicated IP.

Will my EA keep running when I close RDP?

Yes. RDP is just your view of the desktop — closing the window doesn't stop anything. The terminal and its EAs keep running on the server. The thing to set up is auto-restart after a reboot (see below) so a Windows update or a restart doesn't leave your EA offline.

Do you provide the MetaTrader platform or a licence?

You install MetaTrader yourself — it's a free download from your broker. Windows itself is BYOL: the image is Evaluation and you activate it with your own key. So the platform is free, the broker is yours, the Windows licence you bring.

Is a VPS near the broker faster?

Being on a stable, always-on server removes the two real problems: your home connection dropping, and your PC being off. We won't quote you latency numbers — real fill speed depends on your broker's server location and your strategy — but an EA that never loses its connection is the concrete win here.

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If you run Expert Advisors, the enemy isn't your strategy — it's downtime. Your home internet blips, Windows on your laptop reboots for an update, you close the lid — and the EA that was supposed to be watching the market is offline. A Windows VPS fixes exactly that: MetaTrader lives on an always-on server you reach over RDP, and it keeps trading whether or not you're looking.

Why a VPS instead of your PC

MetaTrader is happiest running continuously. On your own machine that means never rebooting, never losing Wi-Fi, never closing the laptop — which isn't realistic. On a server it just runs: stable power, stable network, always on. You connect over RDP when you want to check on it, place trades or tweak an EA, and disconnect again. The terminal doesn't care that you closed the window — it keeps going.

And because a Forex terminal only makes outbound connections to your broker, you don't need a dedicated public IP. A NAT plan — where you reach the desktop over RDP on a personal port — is exactly enough, and it's the cheapest way in.

Which plan

Windows-Small — $11/mo (4 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB NVMe). One MT4/MT5 terminal with several charts and a couple of EAs, comfortably. The default Forex box.
Windows-Medium — $19/mo (6 vCPU, 6 GB RAM, 60 GB NVMe). Two or three terminals, multiple brokers, or a heavier indicator/EA load.

One terminal fits in about 1–1.5 GB of RAM, so Small has real headroom for one and can handle two light setups; step up to Medium when you're running several at once. Both have a 150 Mbit/s port and unmetered traffic.

Setting it up

Deploy a Windows plan and connect over RDP as Administrator.
Activate Windows with your own key — it's BYOL: slmgr /ipk YOUR-KEY then slmgr /ato. Details in BYOL licensing.
Install MetaTrader — download MT4 or MT5 from your broker and log into your account.
Attach your EAs, set your charts, and enable AutoTrading.

Auto-restart after a reboot

This is the one step that separates "a terminal on a server" from "a terminal that's actually always on." Windows reboots sometimes — updates, maintenance — and you want MetaTrader back up on its own.

The simplest reliable way is a scheduled task that starts the terminal at logon and enables auto-login so the desktop session exists after a reboot. In an elevated PowerShell:

$mt = "C:\Program Files\MetaTrader 5\terminal64.exe"
schtasks /Create /TN "Start MT5" /TR "$mt" /SC ONLOGON /RL HIGHEST /F

MetaTrader itself remembers its open charts and re-attaches EAs that were running when it last closed, so once the terminal is back, your setup comes back with it. Test it: reboot the server, wait, reconnect over RDP, and confirm the terminal came up and AutoTrading is on.

Keeping it healthy

Strong Administrator password and, ideally, an RDP IP allowlist — see the hardening notes in the RDP guide.
Let Windows update, but on your schedule where you can — a reboot mid-session is exactly what the auto-restart task is protecting you from.
One thing this isn't: a promise of faster fills. Latency depends on your broker and strategy, and we won't invent numbers. The honest, concrete benefit is an EA that never drops offline.

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