Does a VPS really help slippage when scalping futures?

Magyar77 said:
Broker I deal with already has Direct access to CME. And they are located in Chicago.
So how much faster could it possibly be?
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Way faster. No 3rd party software is going to reduce slippage in a competitive trade no matter how it’s configured, where it’s located or how much you pay.

If the trade is non-competitive then the only benefit of VPS or collocation is hardware and network stability. Which is not a negligible consideration. Hosted TT or something similar is good, but it’s not going to make trades work that weren’t working before.
 
Magyar77 said:
Broker I deal with already has Direct access to CME. And they are located in Chicago.
So how much faster could it possibly be?
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One question. There's no mention of VPN. So, technically speaking, if I were to use a cloud hosting like AWS, there would still be a lag. Any good suggestion to drastically reduce the time without having spend a fortune?
 
Strategy works on demo
Which of course is not real market.
It would work well in real market if a VPS could reduce the slippage
 
garachen said:
Way faster. No 3rd party software is going to reduce slippage in a competitive trade no matter how it’s configured, where it’s located or how much you pay.
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While that might be true in a slow moving market, which we're in for the most part, speed does matter (a lot) in a fast market, especially if you rely on market orders.
 
schizo said:
While that might be true in a slow moving market, which we're in for the most part, speed does matter (a lot) in a fast market, especially if you rely on market orders.
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Agreed
Especially if your scalping
 
Magyar77 said:
Strategy works on demo
Which of course is not real market.
It would work well in real market if a VPS could reduce the slippage
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Are you saying they have auto-trading built into their system?
 
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