EA on VPS

[Muhammad Ehsaan]

I've subscribed to the free 24 hrs of VPS on my terminal and have exported everything (indicators + EAs) to it as well. The EA is up and running with a smiley face and autotrading, livetrading and DLL imports are enabled. Is there anything else required or can I close my terminal and the EA will keep on working?

[Sergey Golubev]

It depends on this VPS you are using.
If it is about MQL5 VPS for MT4/MT5 so - use the following instruction about how to subscribe:

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How to subscribe to VPS
https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/187872#comment_4851530

Monitor VPS
https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/188920#comment_4800677 

Synchronize -

https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/211508 

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So if it is about MQL5 VPS for MT4/MT5 so you can not see smiley face because this VPs does not have DRC (Remote Desktop Connection).
More about MQL5 VPS for MT4/MT5:

Forum on trading, automated trading systems and testing trading strategies

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Sergey Golubev, 2018.11.24 18:01

VPS is the copy of your Metatrader in the cloud.
To make this copy of your Metatrader in cloud so you need to open chart (or charts) and attach your EA to the chart (or to the charts) to ready to trade.
After that - you make the migration: you are synchronizing your Metatrader with open charts with EA attached to the charts - with the copy of your Metatrader in the cloud.

Once you synchronized (once you sent everything to VPS) so you can close your pc (in you want): your EA will work on VPS (means: your EA will work on the copy of your Metatrader in cloud).

And all those actions (with possibe errors) are written in your VPS log files (you can check it inside your home Metatrader).

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To make it shorter:

• Your MQL5 VPS = your "2nd Metatrader in cloud". I mean: there is the cloud (somewhere). And there is "your second Metatrader" there ... this "second Metatrader in cloud" is empty ... you will need to provide migration/synchronize.
• Migration = sending your EAs/indicators/open charts from your home Metatrader to MQL5 VPS (to "your Metatrader in cloud").
• You can synchronize the settings/open charts/EAs/settings of your EAs/changing the settings of your EA/opened charts - from your home Metatrader with MQL5 VPS (with "your Metatrader in cloud"). You can synchronize many time (as many as you want).
  
• Only open chart(s) with attached EA(s) can be migrated (can be synchronized) from your home Metatrader to MQL5 VPS (to "your Metatrader in cloud").
• Your EA(s) will work on MQL5 VPS (on "your 2nd Metatrader in cloud"), and you can close your home Metatrader, or use your home Metatrader with the other trading account, or any.
• Autotrading is always On in MQL5 VPS ("your second Metatrader in cloud" is having autotrading to be always ON irrespective of the settings of your home Metatrader).
• (limitation) Your EA will not work on MQL5 VPS (on "your 2nd Metatrader in cloud") if EA is using dll irrespective off -  you allowed dll or not in your home Metatrader (irrespective of the settings of your home Metatrader). It is necessary to see the code or to be a coder to know: your EA is using/calling dll or not).
• (limitation) It must be 64-bit client terminal (MT5) to use virtual hosting - means: your home Metatrader 5 should be 64-bit.
  MT4 does not have this limitation (because MT4 is always on 32-bit).

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