Measured latency to Okcoin around the world
REST ticker round-trip from eight AWS regions
Okcoin latency from eight AWS regions
| AWS region | Round-trip |
|---|---|
| Hong Kong ap-east-1 | ~22 ms |
| Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | ~75 ms |
| Seoul ap-northeast-2 | ~81 ms |
| Singapore ap-southeast-1 | ~82 ms |
| N. California us-west-1 | ~279 ms |
| Frankfurt eu-central-1 | ~291 ms |
| London eu-west-1 | ~296 ms |
| N. Virginia us-east-1 | ~318 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 Okcoin
Host your trading server or bot in AWS Hong Kong (ap-east-1): it reaches Okcoin in about 22 ms, fast enough that order placement and market data stay effectively real-time.
Avoid running latency-sensitive strategies against Okcoin from N. Virginia or other distant regions. At ~318 ms (14× 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.
Compare with other exchanges
LBank server location
~18 ms
OKX server location
~35 ms
BigONE server location
~46 ms
DigiFinex server location
~66 msFrequently asked questions
Where are Okcoin's servers located?
Okcoin responds fastest from AWS Hong Kong (ap-east-1) — about 22 ms round-trip — which places its API infrastructure in or near Hong Kong.
What is the best server location for Okcoin?
AWS Hong Kong (ap-east-1). A server there reaches Okcoin in ~22 ms, versus ~318 ms from N. Virginia — a 14× difference on every API call.
How much does server location change latency to Okcoin?
In our measurements: ~22 ms from Hong Kong versus ~318 ms from N. Virginia — a 14× spread. Every order and every orderbook update pays this tax in both directions.