VPS or home PC for GBPUSD scalping: how to decide

[FXS London Scalper]

VPS versus home PC is a common question, and the answer depends on what actually goes wrong at home.

Points for a home PC:

• No monthly cost, more screen space, easier to use charts.
• Fibre connections often give ping in the tens of milliseconds, fine for manual scalping.

Points against:

• Power cuts and router restarts, which can leave positions unmanaged.
• Windows updates restarting at bad moments.

Points for a VPS: close to the broker's server, runs all the time, and a restart doesn't depend on your home.

A practical way to decide: log your home disconnects for a couple of months. If they happen several times a month during trading hours, and positions rely on manual management, a VPS pays for itself quickly. If they're rare and every trade has a server-side stop, the case is weaker.

Many traders use both: charts and decisions at home, an EA or trade manager on the VPS.

Which setup do you use for GBPUSD?