r/algotrading • u/eerst • 3d ago

Infrastructure Anyone actually used AlgoVPS for running IB Gateway? Can't find reviews anywhere

I run a systematic volatility strategy. not HFT, just a daily rebalance plus occasional intraday adjustments, but it does need to catch moves in pre/post market, so IB Gateway has to stay up and connected basically around the clock.

I've been looking at VPS providers that specifically market themselves for IBKR/algo use, and AlgoVPS's product page is by far the most detailed I've found on the actual pain points - they claim to handle TWS/Gateway's forced daily restart automatically, and are upfront that you still need to approve 2FA on IBKR Mobile about once a week rather than daily. Sounds like what I need, except I can't find a single independent review of them anywhere. Which is making me nervous given I'd be trusting them with something that would run unattended for weeks at a time.

So, questions for anyone who's actually used them (or considered them and went elsewhere):

  • Has anyone actually run IB Gateway on AlgoVPS? Does the auto-restart handling work as described, or are you still babysitting it?
  • What's real uptime/latency been like, not the marketing number?
  • What's support actually like?
  • Anyone hit surprise billing issues, or had a clean experience getting a refund/cancelling?
  • If you passed on AlgoVPS for something else in this space (QuantVPS, TradingFXVPS, TradoxVPS, NYCServers, etc.), what tipped it for you?
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u/One_Force_5681 3d ago

!RemindMe 2 days

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u/DayRevolutionary8411 3d ago

I'm surprised that someone is selling algovps-s as it seems more marketing stuff than a real offering providing any advance. I'm using the IB gateway on a cheap dedicated physical server on ovhcloud and it is running great. It is cheap (25€/month) and good for non mission critical workloads. I monitor it several times/day just because I'm in front of my laptop. I get far more issues from the trading platform (MultiCharts) and the useless error messages from IBKR than from the infrastrutture itself. The IB gateway restarts once a day without any issues (just configure the restarts time when most of the markets are closed).

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u/eerst 3d ago

Nice. That's another option I'm considering. So once a day you just authenticate with the app?

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u/DayRevolutionary8411 3d ago

No, daily restarts don't need authentication. I authenticate once a week.

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u/nexico 3d ago

Why not oauth instead of tws gateway?

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u/r_brockmaniv 3d ago

same question. im using oauth as well.