Is Traders Proxy safe? What it can and can’t see
The short answer
Traders Proxy is safe because we never record or decrypt your trading traffic. Stripe handles your card, and you rotate passwords anytime. If your platform can’t connect through us and support can’t fix it, we refund your first payment.
We never record or decrypt your trading traffic
Our server sits between your trading platform and your broker, so it is fair to ask what it can see. The table below lists what it handles.
We never record what’s in your trading traffic, and we never decrypt it. Whatever encryption your platform uses stays intact from your computer to your broker. So your trades and account details stay between you and your broker.
What we keep about your account is in the privacy policy.
| What | What happens | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|
| What’s in your trading traffic | We check only the start of a connection to refuse file-sharing or mining abuse. After that, our server passes your data straight through without recording or decrypting your orders. | One exception is a web request with no encryption of its own. Our server has to read that one to pass it on. Trading platforms rarely send them. |
| What our servers report | How much data your account used and how many devices are connected. They don’t report where you connect to or from, so the reports don’t name your broker. | That covers the reports. Like any proxy, our server is told where to connect you. |
| Your passwords | Stored as hashes, never in readable form, so we can’t look your password up. | The exception is the secret in the link for Telegram’s own proxy type, on the plans that include it. It forms the link, so it is stored readable. |
| Your card | Stripe handles payment, so we never see or store your card number. | Checkout runs on Stripe’s own page, so check the address bar before you type. |
This covers your trading platform and the one-tap Telegram link. Telegram’s own proxy type works differently, so the promise never to decrypt doesn’t cover it. We never record what is in it, and we can’t read Telegram’s own encryption.
We never see or request your broker login
You type your broker login into your platform, as you always have. You never give it to us, so we can’t sign in to your broker account.
Your platform’s proxy setting takes four values from your dashboard, server, port, login and password. All four belong to Traders Proxy, not to your broker. If they ever leak, someone could use your connection, but not your broker account.
Only your trading application routes through our servers
Only the trading app you set up uses Traders Proxy, so your plan’s data goes on trading. Everything else stays on your normal internet, unless you set a whole-computer proxy.
It works with any trading platform that has a proxy setting, including MetaTrader 4 (MT4), MetaTrader 5 (MT5), TradingView Desktop and Optuma. Each platform maker decides which connections use that setting. Read what stays on your normal internet to review standard routing.
On Android, MetaTrader 4 and 5 can use Traders Proxy through a proxy app such as AdGuard. Choose only your trading app, and count your phone as one of your plan’s devices. We haven’t tested Apple phones, so check first if you trade on one.
One steady datacenter address in your broker city
Your broker sees our server IP address in that datacenter metro, shared across connections in that city. That steady address remains constant when switching between home broadband and mobile hotspots. This prevents abrupt geographic jumps that trigger broker risk flags.
Because that datacenter address is shared, it is never private. Read how the shared address works to understand server allocation.
That IP address changes only when you switch your chosen city or when we replace a hardware node.
Check your broker terms before routing live accounts. If your broker prohibits datacenter proxies, do not use one. Traders Proxy does not alter broker policy.
Rotate your passwords independently in your dashboard
You can change your dashboard password, trading password, and Telegram link yourself in your dashboard. Your trading password belongs to Traders Proxy, never to your broker.
- Your trading password is separate from your dashboard password, so a leaked one can’t open your billing settings. You can rotate it in one click in Security without closing connections that are already open.
- Keep your one-tap Telegram link to yourself. It contains your trading password, never your broker’s, so anyone with it can use your connection. If it is ever shared, change that password.
- Use a dashboard password you use nowhere else. There is no two-step sign-in, so that password is all that guards your dashboard.
Test the connection on a demo account first
Use a demo account first, so you see what it does before real money depends on it. Time your platform without us and then with us, using our connection check. Most weeks bring a big news release, and that is the best time to compare.
Setup is four values and nothing to install. You can stop renewal any time in Plan and billing.
If your platform can’t connect through us and support can’t fix it, we refund your first payment within 7 days on monthly plans or 14 days on yearly plans. Read our refund policy for full details. This doesn’t affect your rights under the Australian Consumer Law.
Frequently asked questions
Does Traders Proxy see my broker password?
No. You never type your broker login into Traders Proxy. We never record what is in your trading traffic, and we never decrypt it.
Will my broker mind a proxy?
Check your broker account terms first, and avoid proxies if prohibited. Your broker sees our steady datacenter address in their host city.
Does Traders Proxy install anything on my computer?
No. Nothing installs on your operating system. You configure the native proxy settings built directly into your desktop terminal.
What if a server fails while I trade?
If an internal service crashes, it restarts itself automatically. A daemon restart closes active connections, causing your trading terminal to reconnect automatically.
What happens to my stops if my connection drops?
In MetaTrader platforms, stop-loss and take-profit orders rest on your broker trade server and execute during local disconnects. Trailing stops and client algorithms require an active terminal connection.
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.
Shared server address where a broker block affects every account on that server
“There are some vps providers that are actively blocked due to suspicious activies happening by the providers in past.”
Why a proxy can backfire here. Your broker sees one steady address, our server’s, shared by people on a Traders Proxy plan in that city.
- One steady addressBoundary
- City switchingSupporting
Where it stops. Our server address is shared by people on a Traders Proxy plan in that city. Switch city in your dashboard if a broker blocks that address.
Broker and firm rules on proxies, VPNs and shared addresses
“Do not use a VPN. VPNs, proxy services, TOR, geo-location obfuscation, and other identity-masking services are not permitted at Topstep.”
Why a proxy can backfire here. Your broker sees our server’s steady address in the city you pick. Check your broker’s or firm’s rules before connecting.
Where it stops. Check your broker’s or firm’s rules before using a proxy. If your broker prohibits proxies or shared addresses, do not use one.
When a provider or country blocks the direct route to cTrader
“There more than 3 ISP in China, the biggest 2 have issues to connect aboard due to the GFW of China, but my ISP is good enough to connect with Tokyo proxy, even Amsterdam proxy.”
What our system reduces. If your provider blocks the route to your platform's servers, you can send your platform through a Traders Proxy server instead. It works only if your provider lets you reach us.
- Built-in
HTTPproxy loginPrimary
Where it stops. Works only if your network lets you reach our server. cTrader on Windows uses an HTTP proxy setting and does not route the installer through it.
Connecting Telegram when your network blocks direct access
“Proxy has to be intimate. It has to be shared within a small group as a family or maybe your college friends.”
What our system reduces. Telegram in one tap on every plan. Telegram’s own proxy type is included on the 2-device and 5-device plans.
- Telegram in one tapPrimary
Where it stops. Telegram in one tap on every plan, plus Telegram’s own proxy type on the 2-device and 5-device plans. A network that inspects traffic can still block it.