Most rate platforms update every 15 minutes. Fxpricing.com does it every 5. That's the hook — you're not looking at stale EUR/USD from ten minutes ago when the market already moved.
I've been watching this platform since they launched. It's not fancy. No dark mode toggle, no gamified dashboard. Just rates. Fast rates. And honestly? That's what matters when you're trying to catch a move before everyone else sees it.
What FXPricing Actually Offers
The core is simple — live streaming forex rates for major pairs. EUR/USD, EUR/JPY, EUR/GBP, the usual suspects. They pull interbank prices, not some broker's marked-up feed. Big difference. You see what the real market is doing.
Crypto's there too. BTC/USD, LTC/USD, ETC/USD, XRP/EUR. Updates every 5 minutes same as forex. Not blazing fast for crypto — you'd want tick-by-tick for serious trading — but for monitoring it works.
Then there's the cross rates table. This is where it gets useful. You don't have to calculate GBP/JPY from EUR/GBP and EUR/JPY manually. It's already there. Free live forex rates laid out clean.
The Widget Thing Everyone Ignores
Free widgets. Sounds boring. It's not. You can embed their live rates on your own site — blog, trading journal, whatever. No API key needed for basic widgets. Just grab the code.
I stuck one on my personal tracker last year. Saved me from opening six browser tabs every morning. The widget pulls from the same 5-minute feed. Some mornings I check it before I check my broker because it's faster.
Most platforms charge for embeds or lock them behind premium tiers. FXPricing gives them away. The free financial widgets aren't pretty but they load fast and they work.
API Access for the Builders
They offer an API. I haven't used it personally but I know traders who have. One guy built a scanner that pings the API every 5 minutes, checks for rate divergence across three pairs, sends him an alert. Simple stuff, but you need data access to do it.
The free tier exists. Limited calls but enough to prototype something. You want high-frequency? You'll pay. But for testing a strategy or building a personal dashboard it's a solid start.
Technical Indicators Included
They mention pivot points and technical indicators in the feed. I'm skeptical of auto-generated indicators — they're only as good as the settings behind them. But having them there means you can cross-check your own analysis without switching platforms.
Last week EUR/USD was hovering near a pivot. The platform flagged it. I was already watching but it confirmed what I thought. Sometimes that's all you need — confirmation you're not insane.
What's Missing
No charting. That's the big one. You get rates, you get numbers, but no candlestick charts. You'll need TradingView or your broker's platform for that. FXPricing is a data feed, not a charting suite.
No news integration either. They say "financial news" in their description but I've never seen a news feed on the site. Maybe it's buried. Maybe it's coming. Right now it's just rates.
The 5-minute update is great but it's not real-time. If you're scalping you need tick data. This platform won't cut it. It's for position traders, swing traders, or people who just want to monitor without paying for Bloomberg.
Who Should Use This
You're building something and need cheap data access. You're tired of logging into three different platforms to see forex, crypto, and live stock market prices. You want a clean feed without the noise of trading signals and premium upsells.
It's not for day traders who need millisecond precision. It's for the rest of us. The ones checking rates twice a day, making decisions over hours not seconds.
I keep it bookmarked. I check it most mornings. Sometimes I compare their EUR/USD to my broker's quote just to see if there's slippage. Usually there isn't. That tells me my broker's honest or FXPricing's feed is solid. Probably both.
The 2026 Landscape
Free rate platforms are everywhere now. Most are slow or ad-heavy or both. FXPricing stays lean. Five-minute updates, clean layout, no popups. That alone keeps me coming back.
The live cryptocurrency prices are a nice add but crypto people usually have their own tools already. The real value is forex. That's where the platform started and it shows. The pairs are well-chosen, the data's reliable, the speed's competitive.
Would I pay for this? Maybe. Depends on the price. Right now it's free so the question doesn't matter. If they go premium someday I'd consider it. But only if they add charting. Data alone isn't worth a subscription when TradingView exists.
My Take After Using It
It's a tool. A good one. Not revolutionary, not flashy. Just fast, free, and functional. The kind of thing you forget is there until you need it and then you're glad it exists.
The Fxpricing Blog covers strategies and tips but the platform itself is pure utility. Rates, widgets, API. That's the offer. You either need those things or you don't.
I needed them. Still do. The 5-minute refresh is faster than most free options and the interbank pricing means I'm not getting fooled by broker spreads. That's worth something even if it's hard to quantify.
Are you still checking rates on six different tabs or have you found one feed that actually keeps up?
