Market data for FX & precious metals, in one API.
TickBase collects, normalizes, caches, and serves exchange rates and metals prices through a single developer-first API — rate-limited, quota-metered, and ready for production.
Free plan included — 5,000 requests/month, no card required.
- XAU/USD 2,418.50 ▲ +0.42%
- EUR/USD 1.0873 ▼ -0.13%
- GBP/USD 1.2710 ▲ +0.08%
- XAG/USD 30.142 ▲ +1.05%
latency < 30ms · cached at the edge
Infrastructure, not just an endpoint
Collection, normalization, caching, and access control — handled, so you can focus on what you build with the data.
Unified FX + metals
One consistent schema for foreign exchange and precious metals (XAU, XAG, XPT, XPD). No juggling vendors or formats.
USD-pivot, derived on read
We store only USD-denominated data and derive any base currency from the latest cross-rates — accurate, consistent, auditable.
Cached & rate-limited
Edge-cached latest snapshots with per-key and per-IP limits plus monthly quotas — fast reads, predictable cost.
Historical & time-series
Query historical points and time-series ranges, with OHLC candles on paid plans for charting and backtests.
Simple, key-based auth
Mint, rotate, and revoke API keys from the dashboard. Copy-once secrets, SHA-256 stored, instant propagation.
Built for low overhead
A focused platform with clean service separation — collection, API, and account/billing — designed to stay maintainable.
A clean call away
REST over HTTPS, bearer-token auth, JSON in and out. Predictable shapes, ISO timestamps, and USD-pivot conversion handled server-side.
- Authenticate with a single API key
- Latest, historical, time-series & OHLC
- Convert across any base currency
- Transparent rate-limit & quota headers
curl https://api.thetickbase.com/v1/fx/latest?base=USD&symbols=EUR,GBP \
-H "Authorization: Bearer tb_live_•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••"{
"base": "USD",
"timestamp": "2026-05-21T09:30:00Z",
"rates": {
"EUR": 0.91971,
"GBP": 0.78678
}
}Simple, usage-based plans
Start free, upgrade when you scale. Every plan includes both FX and precious metals.
Free
Everything you need to start building.
- 5,000 requests / month
- 10 requests / minute
- 30 days of history
- FX + precious metals
- 1 active API key
Developer
For production apps that need depth.
- 100,000 requests / month
- 60 requests / minute
- Full historical range
- OHLC candles + multi-base
- 3 active API keys
Business
High-volume access with room to scale.
- 1,000,000 requests / month
- 300 requests / minute
- Full historical range
- OHLC candles + multi-base
- 5 active API keys
Ship with reliable market data today
Create a free account and get your first API key in under a minute.