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What is a Tickblaze VPS?
Tickblaze is a .NET-based algorithmic trading and backtesting platform built around C# strategy development. It targets the niche between MetaTrader (forex-only, MQL) and NinjaTrader (futures-only, larger ecosystem) — a modern .NET environment for traders who want full-language flexibility for backtesting and live execution against multiple asset classes.
A Tickblaze VPS is a Windows VPS with Tickblaze pre-installed, the .NET 8 runtime available for custom strategy assemblies, and direct exchange / broker connectivity. PropVPS Chicago is the right location for CME-routed Tickblaze strategies; NY4 for ECN forex; FR2 for Eurex.
Why Tickblaze benefits from a VPS
Tickblaze backtests are heavier than MetaTrader Strategy Tester — the .NET runtime executes full C# strategy logic, often with statistical libraries and ML models attached. A multi-year tick-by-tick backtest on a basket of futures contracts can consume 8–16GB of RAM and saturate multiple cores. On a home computer that locks up the desktop; on a VPS it runs in the background while you work on other strategies.
For live execution the VPS gives you sub-1ms exchange round-trip and 99.99% uptime — the table-stakes infrastructure baseline for any algorithmic strategy that runs unattended.
PropVPS Tickblaze specifications
Hardware: Intel Xeon E-2388G dedicated cores, ECC DDR4 memory, NVMe SSD. OS: Windows Server 2022 with Tickblaze pre-installed, the .NET 8 runtime and SDK available, plus NuGet package manager for strategy dependencies. Network: dedicated public IPv4, BGP-redundant uplinks, direct cross-connect to the exchange you target (CME from Chicago, NYSE/forex from NY4, Eurex from Frankfurt).
| Workload | Recommended plan | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 1 live strategy + occasional backtest | Challenger | 4 cores / 4GB |
| 3–5 live strategies + parallel backtests | Algo Scalper | 8 cores / 8GB |
| Multi-symbol portfolio + ML research | Portfolio Node | 12 cores / 12GB |
| Tick-data research + WFO runs | Syndicate | 16 cores / 16GB |
References & sources
- [1]Tickblaze is a .NET-based algorithmic trading and backtesting platform supporting C# strategy development. Tickblaze product overview