# getFundingRateHistory

Query historical funding rate records for perpetual contracts.\nEach symbol has a different funding settlement interval (typically every 4 or 8 hours).\n\nUse this endpoint when you need to:\n- Analyze historical funding rate trends for a specific perpetual contract\n- Calculate total funding cost or income for a position over a time period\n- Compare funding rates across different symbols or time periods\n\nSupported Products: USDT contract, Inverse contract\n\nRecords are sorted in reverse chronological order. Use

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `getFundingRateHistory`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/getfundingratehistory

## Facts

- Tool: `getFundingRateHistory`
- Server: Bybit MCP Server (`bybit-exchange/trading-mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/bybit-exchange/trading-mcp
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 0
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "getFundingRateHistory",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why getFundingRateHistory is rated Low

This tool retrieves historical data from the Bybit exchange without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It has no blast radius if misused by an AI agent — worst case, it returns data about funding rates. No financial transactions, state changes, or external operations are triggered.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool name 'getFundingRateHistory' and description explicitly states 'Query historical funding rate records' — a retrieval operation with no side effects."

## Use case

AI agents call getFundingRateHistory to retrieve information from Bybit MCP Server without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Bybit MCP Server:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "getFundingRateHistory": {}
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Bybit MCP Server (379)

- `batchCancelOrders` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/batchcancelorders.md
- `cancelAllOrders` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/cancelallorders.md
- `cancelAllQuotes` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/cancelallquotes.md
- `cancelAllRfqs` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/cancelallrfqs.md
- `cancelAllSpreadOrders` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/cancelallspreadorders.md
- `cancelOrder` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/cancelorder.md
- `cancelRfq` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/cancelrfq.md
- `cancelSpreadOrder` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/cancelspreadorder.md
- `closeComboBot` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/closecombobot.md
- `closeFGridBot` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/closefgridbot.md
- `closeFMartBot` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/closefmartbot.md
- `removeAd` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/removead.md
- `upgradeToUta` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/upgradetouta.md
- `wsBatchCancelOrders` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/wsbatchcancelorders.md
- `wsCancelOrder` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/wscancelorder.md
- `acceptNonLpQuote` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/acceptnonlpquote.md
- `closeGridBot` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/closegridbot.md
- `confirmNewRiskLimit` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/confirmnewrisklimit.md
- `createComboBot` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/createcombobot.md
- `createTwapStrategy` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/createtwapstrategy.md
- `movePosition` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/moveposition.md
- `resetMmp` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/resetmmp.md
- `setTradingStop` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/settradingstop.md
- `stopStrategy` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/stopstrategy.md
- `stopSubscription` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/stopsubscription.md
- `wsAmendOrder` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/wsamendorder.md
- `wsBatchAmendOrders` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/wsbatchamendorders.md
- `accountBorrow` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/accountborrow.md
- `accountFixedBorrow` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/accountfixedborrow.md
- `accountNoConvertRepay` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp/accountnoconvertrepay.md
- …and 349 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=bybit-exchange-trading-mcp · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/bybit-exchange-trading-mcp