Best Brokerage for Automated Trading (with Colocation)

[swing_trader 10]

Hi all, I am looking for a good brokerage to colocate a server and do automated trading. As it might take me some time to get a stable setup running, I'd prefer a broker with low fixed costs. Most brokers I have found seem to charge at least 1k/month between colocation fees, data fees, and minimums. Does anybody have good lower cost alternatives?

[blueberrycake 10]

If you are not a HFT trader, who can't afford 1-2ms of additional network latency, it might be simpler and cheaper to use a standard hosting company or cloud service (e.g. Amazon's EC2) to get a server, then just connect to your broker over the internet.

 

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[Predictor 11]

I PM you someone who might have something for you.

[swing_trader 10]

So, colocation is important because transferring data feeds over the internet is expensive (bandwidth wise) and slow. It isn't so much for the trading execution time, but more for the ability to get a good feed.

[jamalmolla5 10]

I recommend you to go to the Forex-metal. So far I know It is the best broker for ATS (Automated Trading System). Also it's ATS is totally free.

[Liana 10]

Hi all, I am looking for a good brokerage to colocate a server and do automated trading. As it might take me some time to get a stable setup running, I'd prefer a broker with low fixed costs. Most brokers I have found seem to charge at least 1k/month between colocation fees, data fees, and minimums. Does anybody have good lower cost alternatives?

 

Try Weltrade, but first test their demo.