Hello daily.dev community 👋
My name is Pug the creator behind RealMarketAPI, and today I want to share something that is both exciting and a little frightening for me.
This is my first SaaS project.
I’ve spent a long time working with market data while building trading tools and financial applications. Over time, I kept running into the same problem again and again: accessing reliable market data was often complicated, fragmented, or unnecessarily expensive for developers who simply want to build.
Eventually, I decided to try building a solution myself.
And that’s how RealMarketAPI was born.
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<h2>Why I Built RealMarketAPI</h2>
Many developers who want to build trading dashboards, fintech tools, or analytics systems face the same early challenge:
You need market data.
But the process usually looks like this:
<ul>
<li>Searching through multiple providers</li>
<li>Dealing with complicated documentation</li>
<li>Handling unstable connections</li>
<li>Paying high costs before your project even proves itself</li>
</ul>
For independent developers and small teams, this can slow down innovation before the product even launches.
I wanted to build something simpler.
Something reliable, developer-friendly, and easy to start with.
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<h2>What RealMarketAPI Provides</h2>
RealMarketAPI is a reliable realtime market data service designed for developers.
It provides access to:
<ul>
<li>Gold prices</li>
<li>Forex market data</li>
<li>Cryptocurrency prices</li>
<li>Stock market data</li>
</ul>
All delivered through simple REST endpoints with ultra-low latency.
For applications that require streaming data, the platform also supports WebSocket connections, allowing developers to receive real-time updates efficiently.
The goal is to make it easier to build things like:
<ul>
<li>Trading dashboards</li>
<li>Fintech applications</li>
<li>Market monitoring tools</li>
<li>Analytics platforms</li>
</ul>
without spending weeks building complex data infrastructure.
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<h2>A Small Free Plan for Developers</h2>
Because I know how difficult it can be to start a project, I also added a free developer plan.
For example:
<ul>
<li>Gold market data with 500 requests per month is available for free.</li>
</ul>
The idea is simple: developers should be able to experiment, prototype, and build early versions without worrying about infrastructure costs.
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<h2>Why I’m Posting Here</h2>
To be completely honest, launching a product publicly is a bit scary.
This is my first SaaS, and there are probably many things I can still improve — technically, product-wise, and even in how I communicate it.
But I truly believe the developer community is one of the best places to learn.
So I’m sharing this project here with a sincere hope:
<ul>
<li>If you try it and find issues, please tell me</li>
<li>If something feels confusing, I would love to hear your feedback</li>
<li>If you have suggestions, I will listen carefully</li>
</ul>
Building products requires passion, but also discipline — and I want to keep improving this project step by step.
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Many thanks to everyone who spent their time reading this.

Introducing RealMarketAPI - Real-Time Financial Data API