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.
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Base currency vs quote currency: how to read a forex pair like EURUSD
What base and quote currency mean, why it's EURUSD and never USDEUR, direct vs indirect quoting, and how to read any FX price. With live API examples.
What timezone is market data in? UTC timestamps, DST pitfalls, and session times explained
Market data timestamps are UTC: epoch ms ticks, RFC 3339 bars, date-only filings. How to handle DST, weekend boundaries, and convert correctly in Python and JS.
Daily candle open and close times: forex, crypto and US stocks
Compare daily candle open and close times for forex, crypto and US stocks, including UTC vs New York cutoffs, daylight saving and regular trading sessions.
Natural gas price API: what NATGAS measures, MMBtu explained, and a unit conversion table
What the NATGAS natural gas price measures, what an MMBtu is, how to convert to therms, kWh, MWh and GJ, and how to fetch bars and live prices.
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.
Pre-market, regular hours, and after-hours: what US stock data exists in each session
Pre-market, regular hours, and after-hours US stock sessions with times in ET and UTC, what data exists in each, and how an app should handle the boundaries.
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.
Crude oil prices API: Brent (UKOUSD) and WTI (WTIUSD), historical bars and live quotes
Pull Brent (UKOUSD) and WTI (WTIUSD) crude oil prices from one API: historical OHLCV bars with cursor pagination, REST snapshots, and WebSocket streaming.