Multi-currency portfolio valuation: convert every position to one base currency
Convert a multi-currency portfolio to one base currency: mid vs bid, timestamp alignment, triangulated crosses, and weekend FX gaps, with worked numbers.
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forex api
8 posts on forex api from the SiftingIO market data blog, spanning real-time and historical coverage across stocks, forex, crypto, commodities, and on-chain venues.
Posts tagged forex api
How to calculate a currency cross rate: EURGBP from EURUSD and GBPUSD
The cross rate formula with worked math: derive EURGBP from EURUSD and GBPUSD, carry bid and ask through the triangulation, and compute it in Python.
What is a pip in forex? Pip size, fractional pips, and pip value math for EURUSD and USDTRY
What a pip is in forex: pip size for four-decimal and JPY pairs, fractional pips, and step-by-step pip value math for EURUSD and USDTRY from live quotes.
What is a lot in forex? Standard, mini, and micro lot sizes with position value math
What a lot means in forex: standard, mini, micro, and nano lot sizes in one table, plus position value and pip value math computed from a live EURUSD quote.
XAUUSD explained: gold price per gram, karat, and local currency math with a market data API
What XAUUSD means, the exact troy ounce to gram conversion, 24k/22k/18k karat math, and lira pricing via USDTRY, computed from real SiftingIO market data.
Weighted median price aggregation: why averaging venue prices fails
Why the same asset shows different prices on different venues, how naive averages get poisoned by bad feeds, and how a weighted median keeps the price honest.
Forex Market Data API: A Practical Guide for Developers
A developer's guide to the Forex API: pull real-time FX quotes and historical OHLC bars for pairs like EURUSD over one REST and WebSocket interface.
Currency Conversion API vs Forex Market Data API: Which One You Need
A currency conversion API returns one mid rate per minute. A forex market data API gives tick bid/ask and OHLCV bars. Here is how to pick before you build.