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VPS Terminal Manager MT4 and MT5 Terminals on Every VPS
VPS Terminal Manager is the MT4 and MT5 VPS manager we built at Algo Trading Space. It doesn't host your EAs: they run on your own Windows VPS, in your broker's own MetaTrader, and VPS Terminal Manager connects the pieces from your browser. It sets up the VPS, installs and logs in the terminals, puts EAs and set files on charts, proves they run, and links every terminal to Account Tracker, Backtest Manager and Claude. New this month: a guided Plug-and-Play mode for your first robot. Free for up to 5 terminals, with 14 days of Pro to start.
Webapps
- VPSs set up, every agent reporting
- 25
- MetaTrader terminals, 204 of them running
- 250
- EAs placed on charts and watched
- 271
- Set files in use across the fleet
- 453
What Is VPS Terminal Manager?
VPS Terminal Manager is the glue between the parts of algo trading you already have: a Windows VPS from the provider you choose, your broker's MT4 or MT5, your EAs and set files, and the Algo Trading Space tools that track and test them. You work in one browser app instead of a Remote Desktop window per VPS. Algo Trading Space built VPS Terminal Manager and runs its own fleet of VPSs on it every day.
Some services move your EA onto their own cloud servers. VPS Terminal Manager works the other way round. You keep your VPS provider, your broker and your files, and your terminals stay ordinary MetaTrader installations on your own VPS. VPS Terminal Manager sets them up, watches them and tells you what changed.
It suits traders who run EAs on one or more VPSs and are tired of Remote Desktop for every change, and, with Plug-and-Play, people setting up their first robot. It is not for manual trading, and it works with Windows VPSs only. VPS Terminal Manager is part of our Trade Manager Suite: it reads your accounts from Account Tracker and your tests from Backtest Manager. It shows information only; it is not financial advice.
What You Can Do With VPS Terminal Manager
The first three are new in October 2026. Every picture is a short illustration that uses VPS Terminal Manager's own labels; the EAs, brokers and figures in it are examples.
New: Plug-and-Play Mode for Your First Robot
New accounts start in a guided mode with four steps: your VPS, your trading account, your robots and your results, each ticked when it's really done.
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New accounts start in a guided mode with four steps: your VPS, your trading account, your robots and your results, each ticked when it's really done. Step 1 lists partner VPS offers. Step 2 lists our partner brokers with their video reviews; VPS Terminal Manager installs that broker's MetaTrader on your VPS and checks your login, and you can start on a demo account. Switch on Expert mode at any time for the full VPS Terminal Manager on the same data. Partner links: Algo Trading Space may earn a commission.
New: Several Changes, One Restart
Removing an EA from a chart, switching algo trading on or changing an EA's inputs all need MetaTrader to restart, and every EA on that terminal pauses while it does.
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Removing an EA from a chart, switching algo trading on or changing an EA's inputs all need MetaTrader to restart, and every EA on that terminal pauses while it does. VPS Terminal Manager now puts such changes in a Pending changes list on the terminal page. Apply all (one restart) stops the terminal once, applies every change, starts it again and verifies it. Apply now is still there for one urgent change.
New: Chart Events, Log Search and Claude
VPS Terminal Manager records what changes on each chart, including the indicators on it, and can search MetaTrader's own Journal and Experts logs for a terminal without anyone opening the VPS.
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VPS Terminal Manager records what changes on each chart, including the indicators on it, and can search MetaTrader's own Journal and Experts logs for a terminal without anyone opening the VPS. From an event such as an indicator removed, one click searches the logs around it. Log search is for your organisation's owners and admins, who can also ask Claude through the Algo Trading Space MCP connector, which reads the same terminals, chart events and logs.
Checks Before an EA Goes on a Chart
Pick the EA, its set file, the terminal, the symbol and the timeframe.
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Pick the EA, its set file, the terminal, the symbol and the timeframe. Before anything changes, VPS Terminal Manager checks the platform, the EA and set file hashes, licence placeholders, the symbol at that broker, the account mode and the chart slot, and tells you what will happen, including which EAs on that terminal pause during the restart. Open positions stay open at the broker.
Proof the EA Is Running, Not a Guess
After the restart, the VPS Terminal Manager agent reads the terminal itself: the EA file, the chart's symbol, timeframe and inputs, the login and the journal.
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After the restart, the VPS Terminal Manager agent reads the terminal itself: the EA file, the chart's symbol, timeframe and inputs, the login and the journal. A deployment counts as verified only once the EA stays loaded. Each check shows OK or not, up to level 5, where MT5 confirms algo trading is on.
Drift Is Caught and Put Back
If an EA disappears from its chart, the chart changes, or someone edits the terminal by hand, VPS Terminal Manager marks the setup as drifted from its plan.
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If an EA disappears from its chart, the chart changes, or someone edits the terminal by hand, VPS Terminal Manager marks the setup as drifted from its plan. With Keep applied switched on, it puts the plan back, at most once an hour, and the history keeps what ran before and when it changed.
Take Over the Terminals You Already Run
You don't have to start from an empty VPS.
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You don't have to start from an empty VPS. The agent finds the MetaTrader installations already there, with their accounts and charts. Take one over and VPS Terminal Manager moves it into its own folder and starts watching it, and the EAs it found can be placed again with the same chart inputs. A terminal you don't take over is only listed, never changed or removed.
Tracker and Backtests on Every Terminal
Each terminal page has a Tracker and backtests tab.
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Each terminal page has a Tracker and backtests tab. It shows the account's balance, equity and open positions from Account Tracker, and the latest Backtest Manager results for the EAs on its charts. A matched backtest opens in Backtest Manager, with a report link that works without signing in.
WebRequest URLs and Algo Trading Without the Options Dialog
EAs that call a web address need it listed in MetaTrader's Options.
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EAs that call a web address need it listed in MetaTrader's Options. VPS Terminal Manager fills the list for you (on MT5 before the terminal even starts), adds it again after every restart and shows each address it holds. The algo trading switch is on the same page, and both can be set as part of placing an EA.
Every EA, Set File and Installer in One Library
Upload EA files and set files once, link each set file to its EA, and add your brokers' installers by download link or file.
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Upload EA files and set files once, link each set file to its EA, and add your brokers' installers by download link or file. A team library shares them with everyone in your organisation, and the Fleet view lists every terminal with the EA on each chart, its version, symbol, timeframe and set file. On our own fleet that table holds 451 traded EAs and 453 set files.
How to Get Started
Sign in free
Sign in at tradeos.algotradingspace.com with your Algo Trading Space account.
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Sign in at tradeos.algotradingspace.com with your Algo Trading Space account. You start with 14 days of Pro, in Plug-and-Play mode, and can switch to Expert mode at any time.
What you need
A Windows VPS and its administrator login: your own, or one from the partner offers in step 1.
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A Windows VPS and its administrator login: your own, or one from the partner offers in step 1. A broker account's login, server and main password, or a demo account with a partner broker in step 2. Your EA files and set files, or Backtest Manager.
Price
Free for up to 5 terminals, Pro at €29 a month or €290 a year for up to 100, or Pro included in VIP+.
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Free for up to 5 terminals, Pro at €29 a month or €290 a year for up to 100, or Pro included in VIP+. The full comparison is below.
VPS Terminal Manager pricing
Free manages 5 terminals, Pro manages 100. Beyond 100, Pro and VIP+ add €5 a month for every 10 terminals.
| What you get | Free€0 · 14 days of Pro first | Pro€29 a month€290 a year | VIP+€99 a month€990 a year |
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| TerminalsMT4 and MT5 terminals it installs, takes over or watches, on as many Windows VPSs as you like. | 5 | 100, then +€5 per 10 | 100, then +€5 per 10 |
| VPS setup and terminalsSets up your Windows VPS, installs MetaTrader from your broker’s installer and logs in the account. | Included | Included | Included |
| EAs and set files on chartsStart and stop EAs and load set files, with checks before and verification after. | Included | Included | Included |
| Status alertsA terminal stopped, an agent gone quiet or an EA missing from its chart, on the dashboard. | Included | Included | Included |
| Scheduled actionsStart or stop an EA, load a set file or restart a terminal at the times you set. | Not included | Included | Included |
| Move terminals and deploymentsMove a terminal to another VPS with its login, charts, EAs, set files and MQL files. | Not included | Included | Included |
| Incident alertsInfrastructure incidents with their history: VPSs, agents, terminals and drifted EAs. | Not included | Included | Included |
| API and MCPYour terminals, chart events and log search for Claude and other AI tools. | Not included | Included | Included |
| Pro on our other tools tooVIP+ is Pro on all four: Account Tracker, Backtest Manager, Portfolio Builder and VPS Terminal Manager. | Not included | Not included | Included |
| VIP membershipThe private Discord, members-only videos, every course and the set files of every account we run. | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Start free | Get ProGet Pro | Get VIP+Get VIP+ |
Every new account starts with 14 days of VPS Terminal Manager Pro, no card. Then it moves to Free: terminals above 5 stay visible but read-only. Pro and VIP+ renew monthly or yearly until you cancel; annual is ten months for twelve. Every plan and price
VPS Terminal Manager vs Managing VPSs Over Remote Desktop
Most of us started with Remote Desktop: log into the VPS, open each terminal, drag the EA on, load the set file. It works for one VPS. Here is how the same jobs look in VPS Terminal Manager.
Setting Up a New VPS
By hand you log in, download MetaTrader and set Windows up yourself.
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By hand you log in, download MetaTrader and set Windows up yourself. In VPS Terminal Manager you enter the address and the administrator login, and it resolves, reaches, signs in, checks Windows and installs its agent on its own, in 3 to 5 minutes in our tests.
Installing a Terminal
By hand you run the installer in a Remote Desktop window and search for the broker's server.
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By hand you run the installer in a Remote Desktop window and search for the broker's server. VPS Terminal Manager runs your broker's own installer in the background, checks who signed it, and the broker's servers come with it, so the terminal can log in without opening MetaTrader.
Putting an EA on a Chart
By hand it's drag, drop, load the set file and hope the timeframe is right.
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By hand it's drag, drop, load the set file and hope the timeframe is right. VPS Terminal Manager checks the EA, set file, symbol and account first, shows you the plan and only changes the terminal after you confirm it.
Knowing It's Really Trading
A smiley face on a chart you can't see doesn't tell you much.
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A smiley face on a chart you can't see doesn't tell you much. VPS Terminal Manager verifies the EA is loaded on the right chart with the right inputs and that algo trading is on, and shows each check.
Noticing When Something Changes
By hand you find out when the results stop.
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By hand you find out when the results stop. VPS Terminal Manager flags a terminal that stopped, an agent that went quiet, an account offline in Account Tracker or an EA missing from its chart on the dashboard.
Moving a Terminal to Another VPS
By hand it's a reinstall and every chart again.
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By hand it's a reinstall and every chart again. VPS Terminal Manager moves the terminal with its login, charts, EAs, set files and MQL files; you enter the broker password once more on the new VPS.
How to Set Up VPS Terminal Manager in Five Steps
This is the walkthrough from an empty Contabo VPS to an EA running on a BlackBull Markets demo account.
Add Your VPS
Enter a name, the VPS address and its administrator login.
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Enter a name, the VPS address and its administrator login. Leave the access method on Automatic. Choose whether VPS Terminal Manager keeps the VPS password after setup; if not, it is destroyed once the agent is in.
Let VPS Terminal Manager Set It Up
Watch it resolve the address, reach the VPS, sign in, check Windows, install and enrol its agent.
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Watch it resolve the address, reach the VPS, sign in, check Windows, install and enrol its agent. When it says Ready, the agent reports on its own and you can install terminals.
Install a Terminal
Pick the VPS, MT4 or MT5 and your broker's installer, by download link or file.
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Pick the VPS, MT4 or MT5 and your broker's installer, by download link or file. VPS Terminal Manager downloads and checks it, runs it and starts the terminal for the first time.
Log In the Trading Account
Enter the account login, the server exactly as your broker writes it and the master password.
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Enter the account login, the server exactly as your broker writes it and the master password. VPS Terminal Manager logs the terminal in, verifies the login and removes the password from the terminal's start file.
Put an EA on a Chart
Choose the EA and set file, the terminal, symbol and timeframe, review the checks and confirm.
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Choose the EA and set file, the terminal, symbol and timeframe, review the checks and confirm. VPS Terminal Manager stages the files, restarts the terminal, writes the chart and verifies the result.
VPS Terminal Manager on Our Own VPSs
Read from the VPS Terminal Manager dashboard and Fleet view of the Algo Trading Space team on October 22, 2026.
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VPSs set up, every agent reporting
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MetaTrader terminals, 204 of them running
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271
EAs placed on charts and watched for drift
453
453
set files in use across the fleet
Who VPS Terminal Manager Is For
We built VPS Terminal Manager because our own fleet outgrew Remote Desktop. It fits traders with the same problem, helps beginners get a first robot running, and is the wrong tool for a few others.
You run EAs on more than one VPS
One dashboard shows every VPS, agent and terminal, so you check them in seconds instead of opening each one.
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One dashboard shows every VPS, agent and terminal, so you check them in seconds instead of opening each one.
You are setting up your first robot
Plug-and-Play takes you from a VPS to a running robot in four steps, without installing MetaTrader by hand.
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Plug-and-Play takes you from a VPS to a running robot in four steps, without installing MetaTrader by hand. Start on a demo account and switch to live when you're ready.
You trade with several brokers
Each terminal comes from its broker's own installer and keeps its own account, so ten brokers look the same as one.
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Each terminal comes from its broker's own installer and keeps its own account, so ten brokers look the same as one.
You share the work with a team
Invite people to your organisation as owner, admin, operator or viewer.
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Invite people to your organisation as owner, admin, operator or viewer. An operator can restart terminals and place EAs but can't touch VPS credentials.
You already use Account Tracker or Backtest Manager
VPS Terminal Manager reads both, so each terminal shows its tracked account and the tests of the EAs on its charts.
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VPS Terminal Manager reads both, so each terminal shows its tracked account and the tests of the EAs on its charts.
Not for manual trading
If you trade by hand, MetaTrader alone is enough.
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If you trade by hand, MetaTrader alone is enough. VPS Terminal Manager is for running EAs around the clock on a VPS.
Not for Linux or macOS servers
VPS Terminal Manager works with Windows VPSs.
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VPS Terminal Manager works with Windows VPSs. That is what MetaTrader runs on and what we test with.
How VPS Terminal Manager Fits With What You Already Have
Six things meet in VPS Terminal Manager. Your Windows VPS and your broker's MT4 or MT5 do the trading. Your EAs and set files come from the VPS Terminal Manager library or Backtest Manager. Account Tracker adds the account's results, Backtest Manager the tests behind each EA, and Claude can read it all through the ATS MCP connector. None of them moves onto our servers.
VPS Terminal Manager FAQ
Answers on setup, security and access before you add your first VPS.
What is VPS Terminal Manager?
VPS Terminal Manager is a browser app from Algo Trading Space that manages MT4 and MT5 terminals on your own Windows VPSs. It sets up the VPS, installs terminals from your broker's installer, logs them into your accounts, puts EAs and set files on charts and verifies them, then watches everything for crashes, offline agents and drift.
Does VPS Terminal Manager host my EAs?
No. Your EAs run in your broker's MetaTrader on a Windows VPS you rent from the provider you choose, or from one of the partner offers in Plug-and-Play. VPS Terminal Manager connects to that VPS through its agent and does the setup and the watching. Your terminals stay ordinary MetaTrader installations on your VPS.
What is Plug-and-Play mode?
The guided view new accounts start in: four steps (your VPS, your trading account, your robots, your results), each ticked when it's done, with partner VPS offers and partner brokers to choose from. Expert mode shows the full VPS Terminal Manager, with fleet, terminals, library and logs, on the same data. You can switch between them at any time.
Do I still need to log in to my VPS with Remote Desktop?
No. After you add the VPS, VPS Terminal Manager signs in once to install its agent, and from then on the agent does the work and reports back, including MetaTrader's own logs when you search them. You can still use Remote Desktop whenever you want; VPS Terminal Manager may briefly take over a disconnected session only if you allow it.
Which VPS providers work with VPS Terminal Manager?
Any Windows VPS you have an administrator login for. Plug-and-Play lists a few partner offers, the walkthrough below uses an empty Contabo VPS, and our team's fleet runs on providers such as Hyonix. VPS Terminal Manager doesn't support Linux or macOS servers.
Does VPS Terminal Manager work with MT4 and MT5?
Yes, both. Most of our fleet runs MT5, and MT5 gets the highest verification level, where VPS Terminal Manager confirms algo trading is on through the MetaTrader 5 API. A few MT4 steps, such as changing an account's login later, are still being finished.
Can I ask Claude about my terminals?
Yes. With the Algo Trading Space MCP connector in Claude, owners and admins of a VPS Terminal Manager organisation can list their terminals, read chart events and search a terminal's MetaTrader logs from a chat. Claude reads the same data you see in VPS Terminal Manager; it doesn't change anything on your VPS.
How are my VPS and broker passwords stored?
They are sealed in VPS Terminal Manager's encrypted vault when you enter them and never shown again. The VPS password is destroyed after setup unless you choose to keep it. The trading password is removed from the terminal's start file once the login is verified; MetaTrader keeps its own saved login.
Can I use an investor password?
You can log a terminal in with an investor password to watch it, but an investor login cannot trade, so VPS Terminal Manager blocks placing EAs on that terminal. Use the main (master) password for any terminal where your EAs should trade; VPS Terminal Manager detects which kind it is after login.
What happens to open trades when VPS Terminal Manager restarts a terminal?
They stay open at the broker. A restart takes about 30 to 60 seconds, and the plan lists every EA that will pause during it, including EAs VPS Terminal Manager doesn't manage, before you confirm anything. Changes that need a restart wait in Pending changes, so several of them cost one restart. Algo trading stays off unless you switch it on.
Do I need Account Tracker or Backtest Manager?
No. VPS Terminal Manager has its own library for EA files, set files and broker installers. With Account Tracker, each terminal shows its tracked account; with Backtest Manager, you can pick the exact EA and set file you tested and see their results beside the live terminal.
Does VPS Terminal Manager choose EAs or settings for me?
No. VPS Terminal Manager runs the EAs and set files you choose and shows what it checked. A profitable backtest is not approval to trade it live, and nothing in VPS Terminal Manager is financial advice. Trading involves risk, including the loss of your capital.
How much does VPS Terminal Manager cost?
Free covers up to 5 terminals. Pro is €29 a month or €290 a year for up to 100 terminals, plus €5 a month for every 10 terminals beyond that, and VIP+ (€99 a month) includes Pro with the other tools. Every new account starts with 14 days of Pro, no card needed.
Manage Your Terminals From One Place
Leave your email and we'll let you know when your VPS Terminal Manager access opens; you'll get a confirmation straight away. Then follow Plug-and-Play to your first running robot, or add your own VPSs in Expert mode, without opening Remote Desktop. Want the manual way first? Read our guide on how to set up a VPS for trading.
Backtest, demo, then a small live account.
That is the order we test our own robots in, and the Account Tracker records every trade along the way. VPS Terminal Manager is one step of it; the other tools cover the rest.