Trading proxy in Tokyo
The short answer
Yes, our trading proxy has a server in Tokyo. Choose Tokyo as your broker’s city if your broker’s trade server sits in Tokyo. Your platform connects to our nearest server, and our Tokyo server recovers lost data inside Tokyo.
Choose Tokyo as your broker’s city if your broker’s trade server is there.
We have a server in Tokyo. 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 Tokyo 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 Tokyo, you connect to that same server.
Note. Brokers’ own pages don’t always say where your account is.
Four broker pages we read name Tokyo, FXCM, Tickmill, OANDA and HFM. None says where a retail account’s trade server is. We read them on 1 October 2026, so ask your broker’s support before you pick Tokyo.
Our server in Tokyo connects locally and recovers lost data there.
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 server in Tokyo makes a separate local connection to your broker. If data drops on that local link, our server recovers it inside Tokyo. Trading ports go first when a server is busy, and dead sockets are cleared fast.
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 Tokyo 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 Tokyo, your broker in Seoul is about 1,150 km away in a straight line. An order then needs at least 12 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 5,320 km away, the minimum is 53 milliseconds. A longer path to your broker means a longer wait whenever your computer recovers lost data.
Select your broker’s city so lost data near your broker is recovered inside that city, not from Tokyo. Your data still travels the whole way, so the distance floor 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 Tokyo 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 Tokyo as your broker’s city
Open your dashboard and go to Connect. Under Your broker’s city, press Change your broker’s city. Choose Tokyo, then press Use Tokyo.
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 Tokyo 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 Tokyo to use the Tokyo server?
No. Choose Tokyo 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 Tokyo shorten the distance to my broker?
No. Distance sets the minimum, and no software beats it. Our server in Tokyo opens a separate local connection to your broker so dropped data recovers inside Tokyo. Dead connections are also cleared fast so your platform can reconnect.
Is Traders Proxy a VPS in Tokyo?
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
“Access to 443 ports is usually available in proxy servers.”
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.
cTrader picks a far or 'wrong' Spotware proxy and the trader cannot choose (Sydney-3, Netherlands, Jakarta-2, London-6 from Korea)
“The Connection settings allow configuring a proxy server. Select Use proxy to connect to enable the proxy connection settings.”
Why a proxy can backfire here. cTrader for Windows has a proxy setting and Traders Proxy supports it over HTTP. cTrader still chooses its own servers.
- Built-in
HTTPproxy loginBoundary
Where it stops. In cTrader on Windows, the Connection proxy setting routes your connection to Spotware’s cloud. Spotware still picks its own cloud node on the far side.
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'.
Sources
- IETF, RFC 6298, the internet standard for sending lost data againChecked
- MetaQuotes, MT5 help, logging in to a trade accountChecked
- MetaQuotes, MT4 help, logging in to a trade accountChecked
- FXCM Pro, institutional page naming New York, London and TokyoChecked
- Tickmill Prime, institutional page naming London, New York and TokyoChecked
- OANDA, press release on its data-centre footprint, 24 January 2017Checked
- HFM, MetaTrader 4 server and client terminal settingsChecked