{"id":272,"date":"2021-04-01T12:44:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T12:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodhd.com\/knowledgebase\/?p=272"},"modified":"2026-08-25T13:40:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T11:40:03","slug":"live-ohlcv-stocks-api","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodhd.com\/financial-apis\/live-ohlcv-stocks-api","title":{"rendered":"Live OHLCV Stock Prices API: US & Global Stocks, Currencies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

EODHD APIs offer one of the best ways for trading enthusiasts, developers, and data analysts to incorporate live financial data into their decision-making projects, with a delay of 15-20 min<\/strong> covering almost all stocks on the market and 1 min<\/strong> delay for Forex \u2014 994 active pairs as of August 2026, a set that moves as pairs are listed and retired, and the exchange symbol list<\/a> always returns the current one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out our new live dataset for US stocks<\/a> only but with extended quote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Compare current live data with similar data feeds we offer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aspect<\/th>Real-Time (WebSockets)<\/a><\/strong><\/th>Live (Delayed<\/strong>)<\/th>Intraday Historical<\/a><\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Transport<\/strong><\/td>WebSocket (push)<\/td>HTTPS REST (pull)<\/td>HTTPS REST (pull)<\/td><\/tr>
Latency \/ Freshness<\/strong><\/td>~live (<50 ms transport)<\/td>Stocks: 15\u201320 min delay; Currencies: ~1 min<\/td>Finalized ~2\u20133 h after US after-hours close<\/td><\/tr>
Data types<\/strong><\/td>US trades & quotes; FX ticks; crypto ticks<\/td>Last price plus session OHLC snapshot (1-min updates), not minute bars<\/td>OHLCV bars at 1m \/ 5m \/ 1h<\/td><\/tr>
Time ranges<\/strong><\/td>n\/a (streaming)<\/td>n\/a (snapshot feed)<\/td>1m: 120 d \u00b7 5m: 600 d \u00b7 1h: 7200 d<\/td><\/tr>
Markets & assets<\/strong>*<\/td>US stocks<\/strong> (pre\/post supported), Forex & Digital Currencies<\/strong><\/td>US & Global Stocks<\/strong>, Forex & Digital Currencies<\/strong><\/td>US & Global Stocks<\/strong>, Forex & Digital Currencies<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Best for<\/strong><\/td>Dashboards, signals, market-making tools<\/td>Quote tickers, watchlists, lightweight UIs<\/td>Backtests, analytics, charting<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

* Get the full list of covered tickers.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Live (Delayed) Data API returns the latest delayed snapshot for a symbol: the current price plus the session open, high, low and volume, the previous close, and the change, refreshed about once a minute. It covers US and global stocks, ETFs, funds, forex, and cryptocurrencies. Request one symbol in the path, or several at once with the s parameter. Each symbol returns a single quote object.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Prices are delayed: 15-20 minutes for stocks and about 1 minute for forex. For true real-time trades and quotes use the WebSockets Real-Time API instead.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n\n

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This is a snapshot, not a one-minute bar<\/strong>. The open, high, low and volume describe the whole trading session so far and stay put as the session runs \u2014 only the close field moves, and it carries the latest delayed price rather than the close of any particular minute. If you need OHLCV per minute, per five minutes or per hour, use the Intraday Historical Data API<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n\n\n

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Live (Delayed) Quote<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Retrieve the latest delayed quote for a symbol. The path segment is the symbol in TICKER.EXCHANGE form, for example AAPL.US or EUR.FOREX.<\/p>\n\n\n

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https:\/\/eodhd.com\/api\/real-time\/{ticker}?api_token=YOUR_TOKEN<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
Method GET. Authentication by api_token. The default output is CSV; add fmt=json for a JSON object.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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  1. \n                You can start with \"DEMO<\/strong>\" API key to test the data for a few tickers only:\n                AAPL.US<\/a>,\n                TSLA.US<\/a>,\n                VTI.US<\/a>,\n                AMZN.US<\/a>,\n                BTC-USD.CC<\/a>\n                and\n                EURUSD.FOREX<\/a>.\n                For these tickers,\n                all of our types of data (APIs)<\/a>,\n                including\n                Real-Time Data<\/a>,\n                are available without limitations.\n            <\/li>\n            
  2. \n                Register for the free plan<\/strong> to receive your API key (limited to 20 API calls per day) with access to\n                End-Of-Day Historical Stock Market Data API<\/a>\n                for any ticker, but within the past year only. Plus a\n                List of tickers per Exchange<\/a>\n                is available.\n            <\/li>\n            
  3. \n                We recommend to explore\n                our plans<\/a>,\n                starting from $19.99<\/strong>, to access the necessary type of data without limitations.\n            <\/li>\n        <\/ol>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Parameters<\/h4>\n\n\n
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    \n                    api_token<\/code>\n        \n                    string<\/span>\n        \n        \n            required        <\/span>\n    <\/div>\n\n    
    \n        Your EODHD API token<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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    \n        Additional ticker symbols, comma-separated, to return several quotes in one request. Up to 15-20 per request is recommended for performance<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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    \n        Output format. Allowed values: csv, json<\/span>\n                    (Default: csv)<\/em><\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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    \n        Return only one field’s value instead of the full quote. Allowed values: code, timestamp, gmtoffset, open, high, low, close, volume, previousClose, change, change_p<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
    Request Example<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
    Here is an example of the live (delayed) quote for AAPL (Apple Inc). The demo token is limited to a small set of tickers \u2014 AAPL.US, MSFT.US, TSLA.US, AMZN.US, VTI.US, BTC-USD.CC and EUR.FOREX \u2014 and anything else returns HTTP 403.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
        
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