I've watched a lot of platforms promise real-time data and deliver stale garbage five minutes later. You refresh, the number doesn't move, you wonder if your internet died. When I started poking around fxpricing.com last year, I expected the same. But the EUR/USD ticker actually moved. Every five minutes like they said.
That's the baseline here. FXPricing built a platform around one thing — live streaming rates for forex pairs, crypto, and equities. Not delayed by fifteen minutes like some exchanges love to do. Not gated behind a $200/month subscription. Just free data that updates faster than most people can even use it.
What You Actually Get
The core is straightforward. Forex cross rates covering major pairs like EUR/USD, EUR/JPY, EUR/GBP, plus aussie and other liquid currencies. They pull interbank quotes and display daily changes, percentage moves, technical indicators, pivot points. All refreshing every five minutes. Not tick-by-tick HFT speed, but good enough for anyone not running a prop desk.
Crypto's there too — BTC/USD, LTC/USD, ETC/USD, XRP/EUR, and the usual suspects. Same refresh cadence. You can see percent changes inline without clicking through to some clunky chart page. When BTC dropped 1.54% or LTC fell 4.07%, it shows up right away. I like that. Less hunting.
Stock market data rounds it out. Live equity prices through their stock equities section. It's not just US stocks either — global coverage if you need European or Asian markets. Free access here is rare. Most brokers lock this behind account minimums or force you into their app.
The API Angle
FXPricing offers a free API trial. That caught my attention because APIs are usually where platforms start charging stupid money. You want real-time forex feeds? That'll be $500/month plus overages. But they let you test it without a credit card upfront.
The API pulls the same data you see on their forex rates page — live currency prices, historical data, technical signals. Documentation is decent. Not Stripe-level polish, but clear enough that you won't spend three hours figuring out authentication. I've integrated messier endpoints.
Risk here: free tier has limits. They don't scream it at you, but once you hit a certain request volume, you're either throttled or pushed to upgrade. That's fine — nobody gives unlimited API calls for free. Just know it going in. If you're building something that hammers their servers every second, you'll need a paid plan eventually.
Widget Embed Option
They also built embeddable widgets. You grab a code snippet, drop it on your site, and suddenly you've got live forex rates or crypto prices updating in real time. I tested one on a side project. Worked fine. No weird JavaScript conflicts, didn't slow the page down.
Some people use these for content sites, others for dashboards. The widget section has customization options — colors, pairs, layout. Not infinitely flexible, but enough that it won't look like an ugly iframe slapped on your homepage.
Where It Breaks Down
Five-minute refresh is not real-time if you're scalping. If you're trading off tick data or need sub-second execution, this won't cut it. FXPricing is for monitoring, not for placing orders at millisecond precision. That's a feature, not a bug — they're not pretending to be Bloomberg Terminal.
Data accuracy is another thing. I spot-checked their EUR/USD quotes against my broker's feed a few times. Usually within a pip or two. Close enough for watching the market, but I wouldn't trust it as your sole source for a live trade. Interbank quotes can vary by venue. If you're counting on exact entry prices, cross-reference.
The website itself? Clean but basic. No dark mode last I checked. No mobile app. You're stuck with the browser experience, which is fine on desktop but clunky on a phone. Some people won't care. If you're the type who needs TradingView-level charting tools and pattern recognition, you'll be disappointed. This is data delivery, not analysis.
Why This Matters More Than You Think
Most retail traders use their broker's platform for data. That broker has every incentive to show you prices that benefit their book. Slightly wider spreads, delayed fills, price slippage — it all adds up. Having an independent data source like FXPricing means you can verify what your broker's telling you. I've caught discrepancies that way. Nothing massive, but enough to make me question execution quality.
Same logic applies if you're building tools or running a blog. You need market data but don't want to pay $1,000/month for enterprise feeds. FXPricing fills that gap. Is it perfect? No. Is it better than scraping Yahoo Finance or hoping CoinMarketCap doesn't rate-limit you? Absolutely.
The free model is sustainable because they upsell API plans and probably run ads. I haven't seen them go down during volatility, which is a good sign. Plenty of free data sites collapse when BTC moves 10% in an hour and everyone hammers the server. FXPricing stayed up during the last few big moves I watched.
The Stuff Nobody Mentions
Technical indicators and pivot points are included in the live rates. Most platforms charge for that or make you calculate it yourself. Here it's just.. there. S1, S2, R1, R2 levels update with the prices. If you trade off support and resistance, that's useful. If you don't, it's visual clutter.
Performance signals show up too. I haven't stress-tested these, but they claim to flag momentum and trend shifts. Take them with skepticism. Any "signal" that's free and auto-generated is probably lagging actual market moves. Use it as a starting point, not a trade trigger.
One weird thing — the site mentions "financial news" in their description, but I haven't seen a dedicated news feed. Maybe it's buried somewhere. Or maybe they're planning to add it. Either way, don't come here expecting Reuters-level event coverage. Stick to the data.
Who This Is Actually For
If you're a retail trader watching a handful of pairs, FXPricing works. You get clean data without paying for it. If you're a developer building a small project and need forex or crypto feeds, the API trial is worth testing. If you run a finance blog and want live widgets, they've got you covered.
It's not for institutional desks. It's not for high-frequency traders. It's not for anyone who needs audit-grade data provenance or legal guarantees around accuracy. Those people are already paying five figures a month for proper feeds.
The Fxpricing Blog audience? Yeah, this fits. You're probably watching markets, maybe trading on the side, possibly building something. You don't need Goldman's data room
