Measured latency to AscendEX around the world
REST ticker round-trip from eight AWS regions
AscendEX latency from eight AWS regions
| AWS region | Round-trip |
|---|---|
| Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | ~40 ms |
| Seoul ap-northeast-2 | ~97 ms |
| Hong Kong ap-east-1 | ~119 ms |
| Singapore ap-southeast-1 | ~157 ms |
| N. California us-west-1 | ~213 ms |
| N. Virginia us-east-1 | ~388 ms |
| Frankfurt eu-central-1 | ~394 ms |
| London eu-west-1 | ~498 ms |
Indicative REST round-trips from our multi-region measurements — for comparing regions, not an SLA. WebSocket feeds are faster in absolute terms, but the regional proportions hold.
Best server location for trading on AscendEX
Host your trading server or bot in AWS Tokyo (ap-northeast-1): it reaches AscendEX in about 40 ms, fast enough that order placement and market data stay effectively real-time.
Avoid running latency-sensitive strategies against AscendEX from London or other distant regions. At ~498 ms (12× the co-located figure) every price you see is stale before you can act on it, and that staleness turns into slippage on every market order.
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Where are AscendEX's servers located?
AscendEX responds fastest from AWS Tokyo (ap-northeast-1) — about 40 ms round-trip — which places its API infrastructure in or near Tokyo.
What is the best server location for AscendEX?
AWS Tokyo (ap-northeast-1). A server there reaches AscendEX in ~40 ms, versus ~498 ms from London — a 12× difference on every API call.
How much does server location change latency to AscendEX?
In our measurements: ~40 ms from Tokyo versus ~498 ms from London — a 12× spread. Every order and every orderbook update pays this tax in both directions.