Trading proxy in Hong Kong
The short answer
Yes, our trading proxy has a server in Hong Kong. Pick Hong Kong as your broker’s city when your broker’s trade server is in Hong Kong, wherever you trade from. You connect to our nearest server, and our Hong Kong server connects locally to your broker.
Choose Hong Kong as your broker’s city if your broker’s trade server is there.
We have a server in Hong Kong. You connect to our server nearest you, and you choose your broker’s city in your dashboard. The software on our servers is our own, so no one else’s proxy sits between you and your broker.
Choose Hong Kong if your broker’s trade server is there. The server your platform logs in to when you place an order. That city matters most, because our help is on our server’s connection to your broker. If you also trade near Hong Kong, you connect to that same server.
Lost data near your broker is recovered inside Hong Kong.
Our server’s city matters when the internet loses part of your order. When you click Buy, your order crosses the internet to your broker as small pieces of data.
Sometimes the internet loses a piece. Your computer waits, then sends it again, all the way to your broker. If that copy is lost too, it waits twice as long.
Everything sent after it waits as well. In a busy moment, this is what delays price updates and holds up your next order.
Our Hong Kong server opens its own local connection to your broker’s trade server. When data drops near your broker, our server recovers it inside Hong Kong. Dead connections are cleared fast, and broker addresses stay warm in memory.
Our server also sends your order out as soon as it arrives. It isn’t held back to bundle with other data, which is how standard settings can delay a small order.
Note. Our help covers one connection and doesn’t shorten the distance.
Your connection to our nearest server runs over your own internet, which we don’t change. Our help is on the link between our server and your broker.
If your broker is in another city, pick that city instead.
You can trade from Hong Kong and still pick any city on our list as your broker’s city. The distance to your broker sets the shortest time an order can take.
If you trade from Hong Kong, your broker in Seoul is about 2,090 km away in a straight line. An order then needs at least 21 milliseconds to reach your broker and get an answer back. No proxy, VPS or internet plan can beat that.
For a broker in Singapore, about 2,590 km away, the minimum is 26 milliseconds. The farther your broker is from your computer, the longer each recovery wait.
Choose your broker’s city so our server in that hub recovers lost data locally instead of from Hong Kong. Your data still covers the full distance, so that physics minimum stays the same. Paid plans never share servers with free accounts.
If your broker’s trade server is in a city we don’t list, we have no server there. Traders Proxy is then a weaker fit.
Three steps set you up, with nothing to install.
These steps send your platform’s connection to your broker through our Hong Kong server.
- 01
Find your broker’s city
Open your platform’s login window. It shows the name of the server your account is on, but the name does not always say the city. Ask your broker’s support which city that server is in.
Our server location guide shows how to check.
- 02
Choose Hong Kong as your broker’s city
Open your dashboard and go to Connect. Under Your broker’s city, press Change your broker’s city. Choose Hong Kong, then press Use Hong Kong.
Your four values point to the server you connect to, so this choice never changes them. If that server isn’t the city nearest you, press Change the server you connect to first. That one changes the Server value.
- 03
Copy four values into your platform
Under Your values for your platform, copy the server, port, login and password into your platform’s proxy setting. Restart the platform so it connects through our servers.
The login and password are your Traders Proxy ones, not your broker’s, so we never ask for your broker login. Your broker sees the address of our Hong Kong server.
If you picked the wrong broker’s city, change it any time, and your four values stay the same. Restart your platform to use the new city straight away. We never move you to a different city without asking.
You can see whether it helps before you rely on it.
Time how long your platform takes to connect and show live prices, once without us and once with us. Our connection check shows how.
If the two times match, you don’t need us. The problem shows up in busy sessions, so the best time to compare is a big news release. Most weeks bring one.
Know these five limits before you pay.
- It does not change your ping, the time data takes there and back. We don’t promise lower ping. Distance sets the minimum. Be wary of anyone who promises it.
- It does not change your own internet. The connection from you to our server is only as good as your internet, so a weak Wi-Fi signal stays weak.
- It does not touch anything outside your trading app. Only the trading app you set up uses Traders Proxy. Everything else stays on your normal internet, so your plan’s data goes on trading.
- It does not change your broker’s rules. If your broker prohibits proxies, don’t use one. Check your broker’s terms before you start.
- It does not keep a platform running with your computer off. If an expert advisor must run while your computer is off, you need a VPS. See proxy or VPS compared.
What should you read next?
- Trading proxy in SeoulRead about another city we list.
- Trading proxy in SingaporeRead about another city we list.
- Broker server citiesSee what brokers say on their own pages.
- Our server citiesSee every city you can pick.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to be in Hong Kong to use the Hong Kong server?
No. Choose Hong Kong as your broker’s city if your broker’s trade server is there. You connect to our server nearest you, wherever you trade from.
Does a server in Hong Kong shorten the distance to my broker?
No. Distance sets the minimum, and no software beats it. Our Hong Kong server connects locally to your broker, recovers lost data inside Hong Kong, and keeps broker addresses warm in memory. Your order waits on a short local link instead of the whole distance.
Is Traders Proxy a VPS in Hong Kong?
No. A VPS moves your whole platform to another computer. We leave your platform where it is and only change where it connects. An expert advisor (EA) that must run while your computer is off needs a trading VPS.
Does my broker allow a proxy?
Check your broker’s terms. If your broker prohibits proxies, don’t use one. Traders Proxy doesn’t change what your broker allows.
Do I get my own IP address?
No. Your broker sees one steady address. That of our server in your broker’s city, shared with other Traders Proxy customers. It changes if you change your broker’s city or we replace a server.
Field reports · Verified forum threads
Real forum reports, what our system does, and where it stops.
Every quote below links to the forum thread or vendor guide where it appeared. Underneath each quote, see which parts of our system work together on it and where our server stops.
A firewall, router or ISP drops the platform's broker connection but lets ordinary web traffic through
“i get the same issue on another system on the same internet connection (wifi vs cabel). however, if i switch the isp (troubleshooting with mobile data actually) it seems to connect”
How our system handles it. Your platform connects to our server through its built-in SOCKS5 or HTTP proxy setting, and our server opens the broker connection from inside the datacenter.
- Built-in
SOCKS5loginPrimary - Own separate connection to your brokerPrimary
- Unanswered broker server gives up fast and reportsSupporting
Where it stops. Works only if your network still lets you reach our server. We cannot repair a faulty home router or an ISP outage.
MQL5.com bans addresses or whole hosting subnets so downloads, MQL5 login and Market fail
“I think - it is the following case - "autoban because your IP became to be IP of the spammer". If you have dynamic IP address (majority of internet users are having dynamic IP) so - switch your PC off and restart your modem/router; the IP address will be changed”
Why a proxy can backfire here. No claim about address reputation.
Where it stops. Our server address is shared by people on a Traders Proxy plan in that city. If MQL5.com blocks a hosting range, Market downloads can fail.
cTrader Desktop says 'Connection error' while cTrader Web and the phone app log in fine
“After investigating the reports, the issue seems to have been caused by a recent Windows update.”
Why a proxy does not change this. Traders Proxy doesn't repair login problems caused by Windows updates or an out-of-date platform. Update the platform first.
Where it stops. Do not sell the proxy as a fix for 'Desktop won't log in but Web works'.
MT4/MT5 or cTrader trade alerts and signal bots cannot reach Telegram
“I am a member of the private channel, but my bot is not a member.”
Why a proxy does not change this. Telegram in one tap works in the Telegram app. It does not route your trading robots' messages.
Where it stops. Alert bots and signal copiers make their own web calls. Those calls are not guaranteed to use your platform’s proxy setting.