Building a Zero-API-Key Real-Time Market Data Proxy A one-screen market dashboard that...
Developer built zero-cost proxy pulling quotes from free endpoints (Tencent, Sina, Eastmoney, Binance) vs $20–80/mo APIs. Market data commoditization—engineering (caching, TTL, failover) cost-justified vs subscriptions; fintech teams redirect vendor budgets to core features.
Building a Zero-API-Key Real-Time Market Data Proxy
A one-screen market dashboard that pulls live quotes for A-shares, HK, US stocks, commodities, crypto and treasury yields — without a single paid API key.
The problem: market data APIs are expensive
When I started Market Research Cockpit, I priced out the usual suspects:
Polygon.io — $29/mo for real-time US stocks
The one-screen market cockpit with no API bills Live demo: https://mrd.hermes.cc.cd — no...
Why I built this Most options data APIs charge $99–200/month. For retail algo traders and...
Every time I start a finance side project I hit the same wall. The data I want is public, but it...
Crypto dashboards, alerts and portfolio trackers all need the same boring thing first: a clean list...
Real-time e-commerce pricing data from Carousell, Amazon SG, Lazada, Vinted, and Bukalapak. 100 free API calls daily.
If you build apps for jewelers, fintech dashboards, or e-commerce price automation, you eventually...
